Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist of the Victorian era. A prolific writer, he published more than a dozen novels in his lifetime, including Oliver Twist and Great Expectations, most of which have been adapted many times over for stage and screen.

Tess Newall works as a set designer on a variety of scales for fashion, film, events, and window displays. She lives in London.

Alex Goodwin has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. He lives in London.