The Snow Queen

Sarah Lowes has always been fascinated by stories. She spent the early part of her career as a primary school teacher where she was able to study the effects of the written and spoken word on young children. She then trained as a psychotherapist, specializing in fairy tales and realizing that story creates a kind of trance where all things are possible and many things can be healed. Sarah lives in Liverpool, England, and has a private practice as a psychotherapist and as a creative consultant to professional writers.Miss Clara is an artist who creates enchanting and mysterious worlds. She builds miniature maquettes of princesses, hobgoblins, fairies and other magical characters out of paper, and detailed scenes in which to photograph them. She adds clever details to the final images digitally. Miss Clara lives in Bordeaux, France.Xanthe Gresham Knight is an acclaimed writer and storyteller who performs across Europe and North America and who, according to the Arts Council of England, "speaks like a woman spitting jewels." Xanthe lives in East Sussex, England.