Pat Cunnane was President Barack Obama’s Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging at the White House where he worked for six years in many roles, responsible for everything from traveling with the President across the country and around the world on Air Force One to writing statements, jokes, op-eds, and more in the president’s voice. Pat did nearly 100 domestic trips and traveled to nearly 20 countries with the President. He worked on the president’s appearance on “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” with Jerry Seinfeld, which broke the series’ viewership records and helped garner an Emmy nomination. Pat lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Stephanie, whom he met in second grade. He now works as a writer on the TV series Designated Surv
Samantha (Sam) McAlister is an English former TV producer and author, best known for securing an interview with Prince Andrew for BBC Newsnight's programme, Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal.
Since the interview gained worldwide attention, McAlister has since written an autobiographical book, titled Scoops. In July 2022, it was announced the story of the Prince Andrew interview would be turned into a feature film, where McAlister will be portrayed by British actress Billie Piper.
McAlister is a trained criminal barrister. McAlister spent ten years working as a Producer on the BBC Newsnight programme, before taking voluntary redundancy in 2021.
Abby Ellin is an American author and journalist. The author of two books, including Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married, she writes regularly for the New York Times, and has contributed to Time, Newsweek, and The Daily Beast, among other publications.
Ellin grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, and attended Brookline High School. She holds a BS in Communications from Ithaca College, an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, and a Masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University.[
Roopa was brought up in London and graduated from New College in Oxford in 1995. She worked in advertising and it 2004 quit to write full time. She now lives in south east London and south west France with her husband and two sons. Bitter Sweets is her first novel and in 2007 it was nominated for the Orange Award for New Writer.
Her second novel, Corner Shop was released in October 2008 and her third novel is due in 2009.
