Karen McCartney is best known for her work in the world of interiors, architecture and design.

In Australia she was editor of marie claire lifestyle and launch editor of Inside Out, which she ran for ten years. In tandem with her magazine work, Karen has written several architecture books (Iconic Australian Houses, Superhouse), which have been translated into successful exhibitions at the Museum of Sydney. In 2015 she wrote Perfect Imperfect  - this also formed the basis for a curated exhibition at the Nishi Gallery in collaboration with Hotel Hotel, Canberra. She is architecture editor of Belle magazine, where she profiles Australian architects and has produced a book, Twenty-One Australian Architects; Breaking New Ground. She has a weekly design and architecture column in Fairfax Media's Good Weekend.

David Harrison was born in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England but spent half his life in London and SE England before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1981 and becoming an Australian citizen.

After retiring from a career in scientific research which entailed writing and publishing many scientific papers and reports, David decided he’d like to try his hand at creative writing and took a course with the poet Kate Llewellyn.

With Kate’s encouragement he started writing poetry. He was a member of the Central Coast Poets from 2004 until moving to Canberra recently and had poems published in their anthologies, as well as in Five Bells and the Quadrant Magazine.

His poem ‘Poor Man Hiro’ was awarded second prize in the Henry Kendal Poetry Award 2012 and his poem ‘In Praise of Grey’ was awarded first prize in the Free Verse Category competition of the University of the third age, Sunshine Coast. His first book of poems, ‘Songs of the Exile’ (Ginninderra Press) was published in 2017.