Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are.

Amy McCulloch is the author of Breathless, an international bestseller and Waterstones Thriller of the Month selection. She has climbed two of the world's highest mountains, completed an ultra-marathon in the Sahara Desert, and visited all seven continents. Her latest thriller 'Runner 13' is set during the ultimate test of endurance: two-hundred-and-fifty miles in the brutal heat of the Sahara, with only the supplies you can carry on your back. There's a killer stalking the hot sand...and the problem with running faster than everyone else, is that you're miles ahead of anyone who can save you...

Katie Da Cunha Lewin is a writer based in London, currently lecturing in 20th and 21st Century Literature at Coventry University. Her latest book 'The Writer's Room: The Hidden Worlds that Shape the Books we Love' is a blend of cultural critique, with the personal and historical, taking reader's on a fascinating journey into the places where writers work and live

Anni Holliday is obsessed with books and reading, and has written since she was a child. After graduating in English Literature and Language at Reading University, and pursuing a career in Financial Services, she has finally been able to fulfill her life-long dream of writing and publishing a book. 'Windows' is a celebration of the High Street, community and Scottish small-town life, as well as family, childhood, books, and the beauty of the Scottish landscape. 

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Kasia Jaronczyk is a Polish-Canadian writer, artist and microbiologist. She immigrated to Canada at the age of 14. Her novel 'Voices in the Air' asks what would drive women to risk the lives of their children and innocent people to leave their mother country forever? It's set in 1982 when two women and their families hijack a Polish passenger plane flying from Breslau to Warsaw in a bold attempt to escape Martial Law in Communist Poland and find safety in West Berlin. 

Dr Martyn Pritchard is currently moving towards retirement following on from a 35 year long career in drug discovery research, focusing on neuroscience as well as novel medicines to treat pain. 'A Painkiller to Die For' is about a Cambridge scientist's search for a solution to the deadly opioid-abuse epidemic 

Jo O'Neill's book explore resilience in the face of the darker side of human nature. 'More Than Us' is a supernatural thriller that unpacks cultural misogyny, showing how the unspeakable can hide in plain sight. 

Aamir Hussain was born into a family of strong women in Pakistan, grew up in Saudi Arabia, and moved to Canada when he was fifteen years old. His debut novel 'Under the Full and Crescent Moon' is a re-imagining of Islamic History