Melanie Hughes Author

Melanie Hughes was brought up in Harrow and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She went on to act in theatre, television and films. She began writing for Ken Russell in the television series "Lady Chatterley" and then worked on further projects for him, the BBC, London Films, and Union Pictures. Her first published book was Mrs Fisher's Tulip. Melanie loves art, theatre, films, reading and the sea. Arturo Croci is a journalist and writer with a diploma in horticulture from Minoprio, Como. He studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona. His publications include I giardini di Lasha, A mar parà, Sulle orme di Livingstone (Ace International, Vernasca) and various poems (Pagina Editrice, Roma). Coma, which includes sections of his previous publications, is his first full-length work.