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Avis Acres (1910-1994) was a New Zealand artist, writer and illustrator who produced a number of popular children's picture books during the 1950s, as well as a comic strip, 'The Tale of Hutu and Kawa', which appeared weekly in the New Zealand Herald. Her lifelong interest in nature and our fragile environment was reflected in her stories, which were well ahead of their time. In the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Jill Holt writes, 'Despite their fantasy, the Hutu and Kawa books conveyed an understanding of ecology and a strong conservationist ethos. In Hutu and Kawa find an Island, Acres described the terrible impact of the possum on native trees and birds. In the same book she incorporated traditional Maori knowledge on making the sail for a canoe. To ensure that the details in her books were accurate, she undertook research in museums and libraries, and in the field.' Avis Acres' artwork continues to be appreciated for its nostalgic charm and the beauty of its natural detail.

Pip Adam is a writer, novelist and creative writing teacher living in Wellington. She has published five novels: Everything We Hoped For (2010), I am Working on a Building (2013), The New Animals (2017), Nothing to See (2020), and Audition (2023). The New Animals won the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the 2018 Ockham Book Awards. Her work has appeared widely in publications in Aotearoa and overseas including Sport, Turbine, Hue & Cry, Landfall, Metro, JAAM, Pantograph Punch, Five Dials and Van voor af aan. Adam has written for publications produced in conjunction with exhibitions at Wellington City Gallery and her reviews have appeared in the New Zealand Listener, New Zealand Books and on Radio New Zealand. Bio and image courtesy of Read NZ.

Katharine worked in medical imaging until moving to the glorious Kapiti Coast in Aotearoa, where she spends her days writing, playing taxi to her children and making space for just one more book on overflowing shelves. She's passionate about positive LGBTQ+ representation in literature and genuinely thought everyone secretly liked all genders for an embarrassingly long time. If she's not out mountain biking or hiking with her family, she's often found hiding in the garden, where she accidentally kills more plants than she does characters in her stories.

Katharine J. Adams is an English fantasy writer based in New Zealand. You can find her tucked away in her office in the wee small hours of the morning while the rest of the house sleeps. No matter where she is, she's never happier than in those moments when her writing truly takes her away, and she's in a realm where witches burn, the future is spun from silk, and Death is more than it seems.

Jonathan Adams is a researcher in the Department of Historical Studies (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and senior editor at the Society for Danish Language and Literature (Copenhagen, Denmark). Originally from Dorset, UK, he lives with his family in the countryside near Copenhagen.

Mark Adams was born in Christchurch in 1949. He is one of Aotearoa New Zealands foremost documentary photographers. His work has been extensively exhibited in Aotearoa, Australia, South Africa and Europe and at Brazils Sao Paulo biennale. Sean Mallon is of Samoan (Iva and Mulivai, Safata) and Irish (Belfast) descent. He is Senior Curator Pacific Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, where he specialises in the social and cultural history of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa. He is the author, with Sebastien Galliot, of the award-winning Tatau: A History of Samoan Tattooing (2018). Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Historical Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. His most recent book is Voyagers: the Settlement of the Pacific (2020). He co-curated the major 2018 exhibition Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Musee du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, with Peter Brunt. Peter Brunt is of Samoan and English descent, with ancestral connections to Lano, Vaiala and Bedfordshire. He is Associate Professor of Art History at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, where he teaches and researches the visual arts of the Pacific, focusing on the role of art in mediating cross-cultural encounters. With Nicholas Thomas he co-curated the major 2018 exhibition Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Musee du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris.

Madeline K. Adams is an Intuitive Aquarian with thirty years experience in Psychology for the Soul and Soul Star Astrology. She writes from her unique perspective as an older woman and Creatress. Her vision is to empower others to explore the hidden depths of their inner knowing, trust their Feminine Intelligence and create a loving relationship to the gifts hidden deep within their Soul.

Madeline K Adams is an intuitive with thirty years experience in transpersonal astrology and psychology. She writes from her Aquarian perspective guided by the creative intelligence of her soul. Madeline's vision is to inspire others to walk the inner path and learn to trust in the heart wisdom of their soul. She believes that when we re-shape our awareness of Feminine Essence, this resonates with the truth in our hearts and carries the power to bring balance and healing to our selves and our world. Madeline's first book Odyssey of a Creatress is her personal Soul Story. Knowing she can no longer live as an un-awakened soul and she begins to embrace the gifts of her authentic self. In her second book The Sacred Dance of Soul, Madeline introduces the reader to the Creatress, the Persephone Woman, the Modern Mystic and re-defines the pure essence of the feminine as an intelligence that is a subtle and mystical inner power that resides within each of us. Madeline is the Creatress of the Soul Star series. She resides in New Zealand.