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Jenny Hunt was in the forefront of the international fibre art movement as it began filtering into New Zealand in the 1960s. Its aim was to revolutionise the use of fibre as an art form. She became a member of 'The Group' of Christchurch in 1973, and in 1975, jointly won the national Hansells Sculpture Award with a free-standing soft sculpture. Her work is represented in public and private galleries throughout the country.

Kim Hunt writes from the wild coastal solitude of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the vast expanses of Australia and any big city that’ll have her. Her writing is informed by her time as a band roadie, dj, tiler, horticulturalist and women’s refuge worker. Countless automotive projects litter her past and permeate her present. Her hands are ingrained with engine oil. Kim has lived within walls, without walls, under corro and even in a converted van with two canine companions.​ Kim completed a Master of Letters at the University of Sydney and was a runner up in the 2023 Sisters in Crime USA Pride Awards, recognizing her as an Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Fiction Writer.​ Her debut crime novel, The Beautiful Dead (2020), is the first in the Cal Nyx Mystery Thriller series. It was shortlisted for Best First Novel in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards. Cal, Kim's kick-ass protagonist, also appears in The Quarry (2023) and is due to appear in The Freezer, the third Cal Nyx novel. ​​​​Kim currently lives and writes in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

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Heather Hunt is an award-winning author and an illustrator of many books for children including, most recently, Mr Kiwi has an important job and It's my egg (and you can't have it!) written by Kennedy Warne.

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Sydney has a love of writing passed down to her by her mother, although if still alive, she'd be smacking Syd across the back of the head given the direction some of her writing has taken. Irreverent, cutting and with humor that is very dark in places, it is not for the faint of heart. After twenty years in advertising, she decided it was time to put all those stress-induced nightmares to better use by including them in her writing. She might also take perverse delight in eviscerating a few old bosses along the way. Pet hates include reality television and dieting.

Anne Hunter is a radiographer with a love nature and exploring the outdoors. She is currently working to establish forest on a block of land in north Canterbury. She has a special fascination with Antarctica, which she has visited twice, and has a Graduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies. She has written a book on New Zealand birds, One Little Fantail.

Eirlys Hunter is the author of seven children’s books as well as a novel and short stories for adults, and has taught children’s writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

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