Ruth Newton is a writer and producer who has created campaigns for charities including Choose Love, WWF and the RSPB. She’s made documentaries for Channel4 and BBC3, short films for Greenpeace and the National Trust and has been published by the Guardian and The Lonely Planet. The Carriers, her debut novel, was longlisted for BPA's first novel award, shortlisted for Hodderscape x The Science Museum's Debut Science Fiction award and won the Jericho Writers’ Friday Night Live competition. She lives with her husband and son in London.