Virginia Ironside is best known as one of Britain's leading agony aunts. She started on Woman magazine before moving to The Sunday Mirror and Today newspapers.

She now writes a weekly column for The Independent. She also appears regularly on radio and television on such programmes as Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour'.

Her many books include self-help titles on subjects such as bereavement, as well as the children's spooky adventure series Burlap Hall.

A childhood passion for books, radio and cinema set Frank Rodgers on the road to being a writer and artist.

Today, he is the author/illustrator of almost fifty books for children, covering a wide age range from picture books through books for older readers to a novel for teenagers.