Chris Sheedy and Jenny Bond are based in Sydney and run a successful freelance journalism company, The Hard Word. Prior to her reinvention as a journalist, Bond held the position of Head of English at private boys' school Eaton House The Manor in London's Clapham Common, and also taught English and drama at a selective Sydney High School. Chris Sheedy has been regularly published in many of Australia's top magazines and newspapers. As the Australian representative of Guinness World Records he has been a regular on the top-rating Guinness World Records TV series and is regularly called on to adjudicate record attempts.