Authors

Dr Toni Lindsay is a ClinicalPsychologist who has been working with both adults and adolescents for over 10 years. She works at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse in the Oncology and Haematology departments, with a special interest in the care of young people, and is an AHPRA approved supervisor.

Dr Toni Lindsay is a Clinical Psychologist who has been working with both adults and adolescents for over 10 years. She works at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse in the Oncology and Haematology departments, with a special interest in the care of young people, and is an AHPRA approved supervisor.

p.d.r. lindsay has been writing short stories and stories for children for a very long time. Her first publication was in her school magazine and for a while she paid the bills writing short stories for 'the People's Friend' until she broke into the (then) well-paying university literary journals in Australia, Britain, Canada and the USA, but she still has a soft spot for comforting 'Ah, isn't it nice!' stories for old fashioned magazines and children's bedtime reading. In between novels, or when the novel won't move until the characters have sorted themselves out, p.d.r. continues to write and sell short stories. Sakshi Mangal https: //www.sakshimangal.com/about-me https: //reedsy.com/sakshi-mangal

Dr Toni Lindsay is a clinical and health psychologist who has been working with both adults and adolescents for over ten years. She works at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse and teaches at the University of Melbourne (Adolescent Medicine) and the University of Sydney Nursing School. 

Graham is the author of seven poetry books and the one-time editorand publisher of a literary periodical. He has a degree in English, adiploma in teaching, and was the Ursula Bethell Resident in CreativeWriting in 2004. Max Gunn's Pay Book is his first novel. He enjoysreading, brisk walks, and designing gardens. Of English and Scottishdescent, he grew up in the lower half of the North Island, but now livesin Northland on an acre of native trees and tropical fruits. He has livedin all of New Zealand's major cities, as well as in Essex for a decade, from where he travelled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, visiting sites that feature in this novel.

Dr Toni Lindsay is a clinical and health psychologist who has been working with both adults and adolescents for over ten years. She works at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse and teaches at the University of Melbourne (Adolescent Medicine) and the University of Sydney Nursing School. 

Eva Lindström has written and illustrated many highly acclaimed picture books. She was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2022, and has been nominated once for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and eight times for the August award which she won in 2013. Lindström was born in 1952 and lives in Stockholm. She began her career as a comic artist and cartoonist, and has had a major influence on the new generation of comic book artists now emerging in Sweden.

Professor Peter Lineham has for many years written and lectured extensively on the religious history of New Zealand. His recent work has focused on broader trends in contemporary religion. His most recent book is Sunday Best: How the church shaped New Zealand and New Zealand shaped the church (2017). He is currently engaged in various projects on new religious movements in New Zealand, and on Brethren, Protestant, Evangelical and Anglican history.

David Ling is a publisher of both adult and children's books and is also the author of But What Did We Get For Grandpa? illustrated by Dick Frizzell (1983), Why Do Cats Have Tails? illustrated by Stephanie Thatcher (2015), William's Waitangi Day, illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson (2018) and Our Dad, illustrated by Nicky Sievert (2018). Nicky Sievert completed a Bachelor of Fine Art through Massey University in 2005 and lives in Lower Hutt with her husband and two children. She is also the author and illustrator of I Love Tomato Sauce! published by Duck Creek Press in 2019.

Emma Sidnam is a Wellington-based writer and law and literature student. As a fourth-generation Asian New Zealander, she is passionate about representation and ensuring that all voices are heard. She is an award-winning slam poet and her work has been published in the Spinoff, Capital, Newsroom and the anthologies A Clear Dawn and Middle Distance. In 2022, she was awarded the prestigious Michael Gifkins Prize for Backwaters.

Vivienne entered University at 50, first gaining a BEd (Massey University), followed by a Cambridge Certificate in ESOL (International House, Barcelona), a Masters in Creative Writing (University of Auckland), and a NZSA mentorship with Stephen Stratford. In 2016, she was accepted for a short story masterclass with Tom Jenks, author and editor, in San Francisco. She has facilitated critique groups for writers and has also been part of several writing groups over a fifteen-year period. Vivienne lives in Devonport Auckland.

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