After continually being told to ‘use his words’ as a child, Thomas Mitchell took that advice on board and ran with it. Since then his words have appeared all over the place, including in TheSydney Morning Herald, Time Out, The Huffington Post, The New York Times and GQ.

A full-time writer, Thomas spends his days googling synonyms and trying not to overstay his welcome at the local cafe.

Marcia Mitchell is the author of numerous non-fiction and fiction books. She is a former Associate Director of the American Film Institute, and former senior executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

She divides her time between her homes in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Southern California.