Authors

Kathryn Lamont lives in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland. Her favourite pastime is walking on a beach; the more remote, wild and windswept the better. She uses writing to help her contemplate and process the twists and turns of life's journeys. Sarah Lamont lives in Ohinehou/Lyttelton. Being surrounded by sea, sky and soaring seagulls is food for her soul. She is interested in too many things, but is practising the art of focusing on what most excites her - writing and the creative arts. Robyn Lamont lives in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland. She is a passionate photographer who notices the world through a camera lens. This is her first venture into publishing her personal writing.

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Miriam Lancewood was born in 1983 and grew up in the Netherlands. She was a competitive pole-vaulter and studied Physical Education before travelling in Africa and India. There she met her New Zealand husband, and together they travelled for many years through Asia and Papua New Guinea before arriving in New Zealand. They lived primitively in the remote wilderness of the Southern Alps, and Miriam wrote her first book Woman in the Wilderness about that time.

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Soraya Lane is the author of historical and contemporary women's fiction, and her novel Wives of War was an Amazon Charts bestseller. Soraya lives in her native New Zealand.

Chloe Lane earned her MFA in Fiction at the University of Florida. She is also a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, and the founding editor of Hue+Cry Press. Her first novel was The Swimmers (2020).

Jennifer Lane was a winner of NZ Book Month's Six Pack 2 writing competition in 2007 and her short tories and article have since appeared in publications in New Zealand and Australia. Wellington-based Lane burst on to the scene with the debut novel 'All Our Secrets' which wonthe Ngaio Marsh award for Best First Novel in 2018. She is an advertising copywriters, an editor and advisor in a government agency.

Gavin Lang is a mountain guide who has been guiding in the Southern Alps/Ka Tiritiri o te Moana since 2004. He has a particular interest in using mountaineering as a vehicle for self-discovery, helping people develop new skills, perspectives and insights. He has also developed a parallel career as an adventure photographer and videographer, gaining a reputation as one of the finest mountain photographers currently working in New Zealand. His work has been featured in New Zealand Geographic, New Zealand Alpine Journal, The Climber, Wilderness Magazine, Australian Geographic and 1964 magazine. This is his first book. Before his career as a mountain guide, Gavin worked as a travel agent and a professional drummer. He is originally from Ireland, and now lives in Wanaka with his wife and daughter.

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