Adrienne E. Gavin is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Co-founder and Honorary Director of the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers (ICVWW), Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Carolyn Oulton is Professor of Victorian Literature and Co-founder and Director of the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers (ICVWW), Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.