JAMIE HITEL (music)

Jamie was born in Essex, went to Cambridge University, and has subsequently tortured congregations across the world with his performances of contemporary organ music. Since November 2000 he has been Organist and Master of the Choristers at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio. (Website: www.jamiehitel.com)

S J M WATSON (book and lyrics)

Stephen was born in London and has lived, and occasionally worked, in Cambridge (England) for the past 18 years. He is a freelance editor, typographer and general publishing busybody, writing verse, screenplays and fiction in his (variably) spare time. (Website: www.estienne.co.uk)

GUY DE MAUPASSANT (original story)

Maupassant, France’s greatest writer of short stories, was born in 1850 and died in 1893. His story Ce cochon de Morin was published in 1882: it can be read (in the original French) here.