Philippa Hall (right) holds degrees from the University of Natal, Durban and from Harvard Law School, but gave up her legal career to become mother to three children and, later, stepmother to three more. Philippa has completed courses with CBC and Faber, as well as the Proofreading and Editing Level 4 course (Distinction) with the College of Media and Publishing in London. She lives in London and in Kent with her husband and whichever subset of their children are home. When not writing or editing for Funny Pearls, Philippa works as a freelance editor, contactable through her Funny Pearls email address. She can otherwise be found reading, playing tennis, or peering hopefully into the fridge. (hallfunnypearls@gmail.com).
Mette Jolly (left) was educated at Copenhagen University and later The University of Nottingham where she gained her Ph.D. in Political Science. Mette set up Funny Pearls in 2018 after having read on the Internet that women do not have a sense of humour. She is thrilled that eight years on, several Funny Pearls contributors have gone on to publish novels with major international publishing houses. And she’s even more thrilled that female authors continue submitting their work to Funny Pearls. Mette recently relocated from Central London to her native Copenhagen.
