Naomi Alderman is the author of Bailey's Prize winning The Power (2016). Ned Beauman is the author of Boxer, Beetle (2010) and The Teleportation Accident (2012). William Fiennes is the author of The Music Room (2009) and The Snow Geese (2002).Philip Kerr is the author of thirty novels, including the bestselling Bernie Gunther thrillers.Mark Ravenhillis a playwright and author of Shopping and Fucking (1996). Annie Freud is a poet. Daljit Nagra is Poet in Residence for BBC Radio 4. Christina Patterson is a writer, broadcaster and columnist, and author of The Art of Not Falling Apart.

Chibundo Onuzo is a Nigerian novelist.Thomas Lynch is a poet, essayist and undertaker. Patrick McGuinness is an academic, critic, novelist, and poet. AL Kennedy is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction, academic and stand-up comedian. Kayo Chingonyi is a poet and the author.Abi Curtis is a poet, writer, and Professor of Creative Writing.Imtiaz Dharker is a Pakistan-born British poet, artist and documentary filmmaker. Beneath the Skin is published in association with Wellcome Collection, a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health.

Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death.