Wishing Water

Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. She died in 2025 aged 83, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.

British actor and narrator Sarah Cullum trained at The Oxford School of Drama, with credits that include performances at Shakespeare’s Globe, and with The RSC. As an audiobook narrator, Sarah was nominated for Best Performance in Audiobooks: Fiction at the 2024 UK One Voice Awards for Welcome To My World by Miranda Dickinson. Other notable titles include Anna O by Matthew Blake, recognised by Spotify as one the standout audiobooks for Best Narration in 2024, also Finding Hester by Erin Edwards, and Godstorm by Solitaire Townsend.