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

Becs Bartells is a designer, illustrator and innovator who was born in Putaruru, on New Zealand’s North Island. She spent part of her youth growing

How long do you let writing hound you before you give in? For Isaac Thackray it was until he was nearly thirty. He had been

Marion lives in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds. She has been writing for fourteen years and has thirteen published books across different age groups and genres.

Siubhan Green grew up in Scotland and emigrated to New Zealand in 1974. As an only child with extremely hard working parents, she learned to

Along with the Eugene’s Island book series, Elizabeth is the author of children’s book World Folk Tales (published by Giltedge), poetry collection Family Instructions Upon

Katie Pye is a Kiwi author with a daft sense of humor and an uncanny ability to make anything rhyme. She started writing her Fairytale

Hi there! I’m Rachel Stedman. I live in Dunedin, New Zealand, and write tales of fantasy and magic. Here’s what people say about my books: