Marie Smyth is an author and academic, who previously held the post of Chair in International Relations at the University of Surrey. An expert on political violence, she is the author of Truth and justice after violent conflict: managing violent pasts (Routledge, 2007), Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence (Pluto, 2003), Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and Personal Accounts of Northern Ireland's Troubles (Pluto, 2000). Marie-Therese Fay is the Research Officer with the Cost of the Troubles Study in Belfast. She is the co-author of Northern Ireland's Troubles (Pluto Press, 1999) and Personal Accounts From Northern Ireland's Troubles ((Pluto Press, 2000).
