Charlotte Pickering’s critically acclaimed Messiah of the Slums novel went to second edition in 2017 with a Foreword by Booker Prize Chair and UK Member of Parliament, Gerald Kaufman. Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, and now Master of Magdalen College Cambridge, wrote an Afterword to this edition. As Catherine Harrison, she works as a music teacher, director, arranger and producer. She lives in Liverpool with her children and various pianos.