Cariad Lloyd is a writer, actor, comedian and podcaster. In 2016, she created the podcast, Griefcast, where she spoke to comedians about their experiences of grief and death. Her book, based on the podcast, You Are Not Alone, was published in 2023 to critical acclaim and became a Times bestseller. As an actor she has appeared in Changing Ends, Alan Partridge, Murder in Successville, Peep Show, Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and QI. She is also the co-creator of Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, who perform regularly in London’s West End. Her children’s books, Lydia Marmalade and the Christmas Wish, a middle grade Regency magical mystery and Where Did She Go?, a picture book about grief for children (illustrated by Tom Percival) were published this year. She also co-hosts the Weirdos Book Club podcast with Sara Pascoe, a weekly podcast for all the weirdos in literature.