Books

Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd is a writer, actor, comedian, podcaster and improviser. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast, the Griefcast, where she talks to people about their experiences of grief and death. It won Podcast of the Year at the British podcast awards in 2018 and in 2023, Cariad wrote the critically acclaimed, Times bestseller You Are Not Alone based on her grief lessons from the show. Cariad has appeared in Peep Show, Alan Partridge, Have I Got News for You, QI and a number of other comedy shows on TV and radio. She is one of the creators of hit improv show Austentatious and co-hosts Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club podcast with Sara Pascoe.

Despite her very Welsh name, Cariad was born and raised in North London, where she still lives because the tube’s Northern line is too convenient to leave. She can dance very well and all hats suit her.

cariadlloyd.com | @ladycariad | @thegriefcast

Ma Pe

Ma Pe is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. She started drawing as a child. She tried to devote herself to other things, but the love for drawing was too strong. She loves cats (for now she only has two, but there are always more) and flowers, and both elements are never missing from her illustrations. Although she always wears black, she has an inordinate passion for pink.
She has been working in the world of illustration since 2019.