Lincoln Locke
Gus (dog, staffy)
Venn (older sister)
Oscar (cat, Burmese)
Charis (mother)
Morgan Brierly (business partner)
Penny Button, Emma, Jules (employees)
Vienna Voronova (model), $KiNT (designer)
Lance (father)
Steve (business partner)
Pop Locke, Nana Locke (paternal grandparents)
Tippi (dog, Jack Russell–Chihuahua)
Northern Beaches life
Dr Finster (GP)
Nicole Parker (ex-girlfriend)
Maëlle Beauvais (French house guest)
Valmay and Roger Harris (neighbours)
Dougal (dog, foxhound)
Elliot Grobecker (ex-boyfriend of Venn)
Tom Nugent (best Northern Beaches friend of Lincoln)
Blake Nugent (older brother of Tom)
Coops (friend)
Maxine Partridge (best friend of Charis)
Crestfield Academy students
Tibor Mintz (orientation buddy)
Isa Mountwinter
Dee (mum)
Terri, Stef (housemates)
Delilah (cat)
Phoenix Lee (best friend of Isa)
Pericles Pappas
Con (father)
Helena and Christina (twin sisters)
Darvin ‘Nads’ Naylor
Sean ‘Mullows’ Mulligan
Evan Starkey (‘Starkey’ for short)
Cheyenne Piper
Liliana and Ingrid Petersen (twins)
Heather Treadwell
David York
Byron Paget
Crestfield staff
Mr Dashwood (principal)
Mr Simmons (sportsmaster and swim coach)
Deb Gelber (assistant coach)
Ms Tarasek (art teacher)
Mr Monaro (maths teacher)
Dr Limberg (school psychologist)
Mrs Deacon (head librarian)
Mr Jespersen (caretaker)
Miss Keenan (biology teacher)
Mr Field (English teacher)
Mrs Hatcher (history teacher)
Miss Moreau (French teacher)
Nurse Nola
The city
Sergio (personal trainer)
Bert McGill (junkyard hermit)
Blue Lady, Pink Lady, Loose Pants Lenny (other eccentrics)
My One Redeeming Affliction
Edwin Stroud (author) a.k.a. Taloo, a.k.a. Harold Hopkins
Thomas (brother)
Loula (sister)
Esther Stroud, née Hunnicutt (mother)
Walter Hunnicutt (Esther’s father)
Martha Hunnicutt (Esther’s mother)
Althea Beauclare (Esther’s stepmother)
Frederick, Samuel, Arthur (brothers)
Madame Zora (employer: a milliner)
William Stroud (father)
Hannah and Matthias Stroud (William’s adoptive parents)
Ah To, or Johnny, and Lin Cheong, or Mac (friends)
Dimitrios (Greek fisherman in Sydney)
George Pemberton (entrepreneur)
Edwin’s Pyrmont life
Deidre ‘Diddy’ Budd (neighbour)
Neville Sampson (employer)
Reg McGuffin (local bully)
Dr Melvin Fletcher
Melinkoff’s Astonishing Assembly of Freaks
Irving Melinkoff (showman)
Ruthie Davis a.k.a. Baby Cakes the Living Doll
Roy Lister the Human Globe
Melvina Wellington; Leopold (son): the Fully Bearded Family
Milton Banks a.k.a. the Whispering Flame
Serpentina and her diamond python Octavius
Lloyd Farbridge and leopards Samson and Delilah
Paulo Esposito a.k.a. Paulo Penguino (best friend of Edwin)
Hilda Groot a.k.a. Zerodia Nashko the Circassian Beauty, a.k.a. mermaid princess