Patricia and Robert Malcolmson are social historians who have edited several diaries for publication. They have edited three different volumes of the diaries of Nella Last, the inspiration for the award-winning drama Housewife, 49: Nella Last¿s Peace, Nella Last in the 1950s and the collected edition The Diaries of Nella Last. Patricia and Robert¿s other books include The View from the Corner Shop: The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop Assistant in Wartime (the diary of Mass Observation writer Kathleen Hey) and Women at the Ready, a history of the Women¿s Voluntary Service on the Home Front during the Second World War. They live in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada