Catherine Atkinson has a degree in Food and Nutrition BSc (Hons). She has been Deputy Cookery Editor on Woman's Weekly magazine and later Cookery Editor of Home.

Catherine is now a full-time writer and food consultant to various lifestyle and health magazines and has written more than sixty cookbooks.

She specialises in healthy eating and her recent published books include Coconut water and coconut oil, Nut milks and nut butters and Power blends and smoothies

Elizabeth Atkinson has been an editor, a children's librarian, an English teacher, and a newspaper columnist. She lives in Newburyport, MA.