Ulrika Hedquist is a writer, journalist and health coach, living in Auckland. Horses, coffee, salt liquorice and snow are some of her favourite things. Ulrika’s

Kimberly Andrews is a trained biologist and geologist who grew up in the Canadian Rockies. She has lived and worked in New Zealand, Borneo and

Aucklander Paula Green is a poet, writer, reviewer and anthologist. She has written and edited a great many collections of poetry, including several for children.

Author Maria Gill has written over 60 children’s and teacher’s books over the last 20 years. She has a background as a Primary and Intermediate

Eileen Merriman’s first young adult novel, Pieces of You, was published in 2017, and was a finalist in the NZ Book Awards for Children and

New Zealander Anne Ingram is the author of the Lucy Bee series, a trilogy that follows heroine Lucy from the age of 10-15 through the

Vivienne Bailey is a Kāpiti Coast writer with a public library background. Her journalism has appeared in magazines and newspapers, and her short stories have

Peter Millett is a children’s author who grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. He has written more than 100 children’s books, published in New Zealand

Kate Parker of Ngati Maniapoto, English and Greek descent, grew up roaming the bush and riding horses in Kaeo. She studied theatre in Melbourne, returning

Gillian Torckler was that annoying kid in class who always asked ‘why?’. That curiosity led to a career in science and she still loves to

Frances Plumpton cannot remember a life without books. As a child her family lived in Northland and books were always eagerly anticipated birthday and Christmas

Gillian King and her daughter Georgina are born and bred farmers. Both of them grew up on a farm on d’Urville Island in the Marlborough

Taupo based author and illustrator Donovan Bixley has illustrated more than 120 books, published in 31 countries, translated into 19 languages. He’s been awarded as

Tales from the Farm is a collaboration between sisters Jennifer Somervell and Margery Fern. It all started when Jennifer) began reading the story about the

Ned Barraud has been illustrating children’s books since 2000, after studying art at Victoria University. He has illustrated seven books in the highly successful ‘Explore

Gillian was a secondary-school teacher before moving into educational publishing with Learning Media in Wellington, where she worked on a wide range of publications for

Tansy Boggon is a university qualified nutritionist, food writer and recipe developer who incorporates intuitive and mindful eating, eating psychology and a non-diet approach into

Jennifer Beck was born in Auckland and attended Waipu District High School before going on to Auckland Teachers’ College and graduating with an MA (Hons)

Sonya Wilson has been a broadcast journalist for many years, reporting, producing and presenting for TV news and current affairs shows such as One News,

Kat Quin is an author, illustrator, and designer based in the Waikato. She is the director of Illustrated Publishing, specialising in the development of educational

Lisa Allen is an illustrator and designer based in Auckland. Her work is based mainly around children’s books and she’s worked with numerous Kiwi authors

Wildling Books is a collaboration between Craig Phillips and Rebekah (Bex) Lipp. Craig  received the NZ Children & Young Adults Book Award for Best Illustration

Auckland-based author Anne Kayes originally taught English and Drama in secondary schools. In 2014, she completed a Master of Creative Writing at AUT. She won