A Safe Place

Stephanie Carty is an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the U.K. who came to writing by accident. Her short fiction has been shortlisted in and won numerous international writing competitions. She teaches writers about applying psychology to the development of their characters and her related craft book, Inside Fictional Minds, was published in 2021. Stephanie loves to be part of the writing community and can be found far too often on Twitter @tiredpsych.

Penelope Rawlins is an award-winning audiobook narrator and acclaimed stage actress. Nominated for Narrator of the Year by Audible, she has recorded over 300 audiobooks and participated in hundreds of voiceover projects, including animation, computer games, radio dramas, and corporate learning modules. In 2019, she wrote and produced her first play, Pigeons, which sold out in London to five-star reviews. Raised in both Surrey and the States, she currently lives with her family in Kent.