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Kenneth Feller (Troglodyta australis) is a cave troll from the South Island of New Zealand. It is human-shaped with long, unkempt hair, and it wears a combination of jeans and black band shirts. Strange and reclusive, the Kenneth will only venture from its burrow to forage for cocoa beans and attend death metal concerts. The Kenneth communicates vocally in grunts and has shown a rudimentary understanding of the English language. In 2019, it attempted to write a novel. These illegible scrawls became

Faumuina is a daughter of the Pacific. Born in 1971 and raised in Otautahi Christchurch, New Zealand, her bloodlines stretch back to Mulifanua, Fasito'o-Tai, Asaga, and Salelologo in Samoa. Her parents are Nivaga and Mau'u Lopeti Ifopo. Her surname comes from the late Patrick Tafuna'i, and she is mother to Oliver. Faumuina wrote her first poem when she was 13 but was too cool to write another until 17 years later after she heard Pacific poet Konai Thaman, Tusiata Avia, and Selina Marsh. It was then she realized poetry could speak in different rhythms and accents. Faumuina is a member of Fika, a group of Pasifika writers within Otautahi. She has a background in media and communications. She is also a sailor with Te Toki Voyaging Trust and an Edmund Hillary Fellow for her work in creating wayfinding strategies under the guidance of voyaging leader Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr.

Flora Feltham is a writer and weaver from Poneke. She has an MA from the

Flora Feltham is a writer and weaver from Pōneke. She has an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Her work has appeared in Turbine Kapohau, ArtNow and The Guardian. Bad Archive is her first book.

Rachel J Fenton is a writer, graphic artist and anthologist, living in Oamaru and a curator at the Janet Frame House. She has won fiction competitions in Aotearoa and overseas, including the Laura Solomon NZSA Cuba Press Prize 2022, was shortlisted for The Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize and is a Pushcart nominee. She is co-editor with Sarah Laing and Indira Neville of Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics, and as Rae Joyce, she is an award-winning graphic poet.

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Larissa Ferenchuk loves all things magical and whimsical. She lives with her husband, three children and one very lovely Little Grey Rabbit.  Prue Pittock started in advertising and illustrated and designed album covers. Since then she has illustrated 8 picture books . In 2020 she was shortlisted for the CBCA Eve Pownall Award.

Arts graduate, former sole editor for Paul Hamlyn Ltd (Auckland), then William Collins Ltd (Auckland), author of six New Zealand natural history titles.

Susie Ferguson was born in Scotland and is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster in New Zealand. After graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and the University of the Arts London, she became a war correspondent, reporting and presenting from around the world - most notably the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. She emigrated to New Zealand in 2009, and for eight years was co-host of Radio NZ's top-rating show, Morning Report. She has also made radio documentaries and podcasts including RNZ's The Unthinkable and Undercurrent: Misinformation in Aotearoa. Susie now hosts RNZ's Saturday Morning, is an ambassador for Endometriosis NZ, and lives in Wellington with her family.

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