Born in Cardiff, Wales, Allison Vale taught A-Level History in London before becoming an author and specialist Advisory Teacher. She now lives in Somerset with her husband and their two children. Alison Rattle worked in London as a fashion designer before moving into publishing. Born in Liverpool, she now lives in Somerset with her partner and three children. Their previous publications include Mothers' Wit (Prion), Hell House and Other True Hauntings and Wrinklies' Wit Forever (Prion)

More than 150 funny, thought-provoking and sometimes silly quotes for and about wrinklies:; One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.'; - Dorothy Canfield Fisher; 'I like men who have a future and women who have a past.'; - Oscar Wilde; As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.; - Sir Norman Wisdom.