Author

Caroline Lawrence

Caroline Lawrence is American. She won a scholarship to Cambridge to read Classical Archaeology, then did a degree in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. She lives with her husband, a graphic designer, by the river in London and is active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals. She is the winner of the 2009 CLASSICS ASSOCIATION PRIZE for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics'. Visit Caroline's website at www.romanmysteries.com

Helen Forte is a teacher specializing in Classics and Art. She is also the illustrator of Minimus and Minimus Secundus the best-selling Latin course for junior pupils. She has loved art for as long as she can remember and recalls illustrating anything and everything when she was at school - even her exam papers! She lives in Suffolk with a cat who looks a lot like Vibrissa from the Minimus books.