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Tom May has spent 25 years writing about the creative process, including five years as associate editor of the award-winning design resource Creative Bloq.

<p>Creative director of the Liverpool-based design collective Küla Studio, Roy McCarthy was a child fixated with transport who grew up to become a fully-fledged car bore. Fortunately, his popular series of illustrated classic car prints have provided him with a creative outlet for this particular obsession. His work is collected by pop culture fans worldwide.</p>

Frances Moffatt is an illustrator specialising in fashion and beauty, and is also a Visiting Lecturer at various colleges and universities. Her work is characterised by dynamic line work, combined with vibrant colour and bold pattern and texture. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Marketing, and worked in fashion design, before returning to education to complete an MA in Design (Illustration). Her work was selected for the Association of Illustrators IMAGES 35 annual in the ‘New Talent’ category, and for the ‘Talent’ portfolio section of the D&AD website.

Music journalist Johnny Morgan has contributed to many different music magazines, and before becoming a writer he was a professional musician and band manager.

Barry Miles is a well-known British music writer and art director. His previous books include The Sixties and Hippie.

Seth Millstein is a political journalist whose work has been published by media such as Bustle, The Daily and Huffington Post. He lives in Oakland, CA.

Taylor McNee is an Alaskan artist with a vast imagination, and her creations spill out in the form of drawing, 3D art and writing. She lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA.

Mark Murphy was an accountant and amateur homebrewer before he took his hobby to the next level by pursuing a professional brewing education.

Jackie Strachan is a keen and experienced gardener, in both town and country. She currently enjoys growing fruit and vegetables along with flowers and shrubs in her seaside garden.

Dr Helen McCarthy is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has a D. Phil in the psychology of eating disorders from Oxford University.  She is an expert in providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and integrates mainstream approaches with cutting-edge techniques from other areas of psychology. Her clinical career working with individuals spans 28 years and she evolved her appetite retraining method over six years. She runs a weekly blog on her website and has appeared in the Sun, Women’s Health and Marie Claire.

Richard MacDonald is a freelance writer with over 50 books published on a wide range of esoteric subjects including: Teach Yourself Chinese Astrology, The Chinese Horoscopes Handbooks, The 7 Bad Habits of Highly Ineffective People and How To Behave In Bed. He also writes astrology columns for magazines. He lives in Devon, UK.

David Mitchell has been fascinated with origami since he was eleven. He is a prolific inventor of original paperfolds, action novelties and manipulative puzzles. He is the author of many books on specialist aspects of origami, such as Origami, Sticky Note Origami, Office Origami and Complete Origami.

Harriet Minter has written about a variety of issues—including the future of work, leadership, and diversity—for the Guardian, The Times, Marie Claire, and Psychologies magazine. She has given two TED talks, the first on female leadership and the second on the power of failure.

Gary is an expert property developer & businessman, and now a successful television presenter. He is the founder and Managing Director of central London based Richland Developments, and co owner of Soho’s The Kingly Club. He has presented two series of the hugely popular ‘How to be a Property Developer’ for Five TV, achieving audience figures of several million, and is currently filming the third series and also working on two new prime time TV shows.