Authors

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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Des Hunt is a New Zealand teacher and a writer for children and young adults. Several of his books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, including

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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Nadine Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Pākehā) is a writer whose work connects literature, social policy and environmental justice. Her work with Māori communities on climate research for the Deep South National Science Challenge led to many of the essays in Slowing the Sun. She has written extensively for The Spinoff, E-Tangata and other platforms. Hura, a Māmā, poet and essayist, lives in Titahi Bay, Wellington, while pursuing her writing and advocacy for the protection of Papatūānuku and revitalisation of matauranga Māori.