Rachel Brown was born in Bromborough and grew up in Spital, Bebington on the Wirral Peninsula. She attended Stanton Road Primary School and Bebington Secondary School For Girls before becoming a professional dancer, working with dance troupes all over the world for seven years.

Warren FitzGerald is an author and screenwriter. His debut novel, The Go-Away Bird, won an Amazon Rising Stars Award, was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and was Waterstones' Book of the Month. His non-fiction books, All in the Same Boat and Breaking Dad, have both been optioned for film.