Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended Huntingdon College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill A Mockingbird which was an immediate success, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, and has since sold over 40 million copies globally. She died on 19 February 2016.

Andrew Wilson is a Classics teacher and translator from Bedford. He has translated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone into Ancient Greek.