Authors

Helen Vivienne Fletcher is a widely published children’s and young adult author, storyteller and award-winning playwright. She has written an impressive collection of work for everyone from pre-schoolers to adult readers. Spanning a variety of subjects, Helen’s writing doesn’t shy away from the gritty parts of life. Diving into the depths of disability, the gravitas of grief or the thrill of the mysterious, her stories are sublimely suspenseful whether on the page or stage. Helen lives in Wellington, New Zealand, with her disability assistance dog, Bindi, a seven-year-old playful Labrador who loves soft toys, cuddles, and can fit three tennis balls in her mouth at once.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Annemarie Florian has worked as an academic librarian, curriculum designer and children's bookseller. Kiwi: The Real Story won the Children's Choice Non-fiction Award in 2013. This is her ninth book.   ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR Alistair Hughes is an illustrator and graphic designer. Together with Annemarie he illustrated Kea - Curiouser and Curiouser as well as Snapper - The Real Story. Alistair contributes artwork to various publications throughout New Zealand and America. This is his sixth Children's book.  

Craig Foltz is a writer & visual artist whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies & galleries. He has previously released two books on Ugly Duckling Presse. He currently lives & works in New Plymouth, pinched between the wild & remote west coast & Mt Taranaki. More info at craigfoltz.com

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Artist / Illustrator Rob Foote is best known for creating beautiful and humorous work aimed at the young and young at heart.

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Mark Forman is a writer based in Onehunga, Auckland. His doctoral thesis formed the basis of his first book, a scholarly work published in 2011 by Cambridge University Press. Forman's personal interests in New Zealand contemporary art, biography and social history were the drivers for this project, for which he has been awarded a Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant, the 2024 Marti and Gerrard Friedlander Charitable Trust publishing grant, and a runner-up placement in the CLNZ / NZSA Writers' Award.