Seven Days of Us: The hilarious and moving Radio 2 Book Club pick

Francesca Hornak is a writer and journalist, whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines including the Sunday Times, The Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, the FT's HTSI magazine, the Economist's 1843 magazine, the Evening Standard's ES magazine, Marie Claire, Red and Elle. Her fictional column 'History of the World in 100 Modern Objects' first appeared in the Sunday Times Style magazine in 2013 and ran for two years, later becoming a book. Her first novel Seven Days of Us was a Radio 2 Book Club pick and longlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize. She is also the author of the gift and humour book Worry With Mother. Francesca lives in London, with her husband and three children.

JILLY BOND has recorded over 300 audiobooks and won four Audiofile Earphones Awards. She also regularly appears on stage, and has appeared at the National Theatre in "Island", at the Birmingham Repertory in "Jump!", Manchester Lowry in "Transmissions", the English Theatre of Hamburg in "Othello" and "Mrs Warren's Profession" and on the Edinburgh and London Fringes, including at the Finborough as human-rights lawyer Fethiye Cetin in "I Wish to Die Singing" which won the Best Play UK Studio Theatre Awards. She has recorded over 100 radio plays for the BBC, as well as playing Bridget in "The Archers", and TV work has includedDr Greene in "Doctors", Dr Jannatie in "Judge John Deed" and roles in "Comedy Nation", "People Like Us", "My Hero" & "Alastair McGowan's Big Impression".