Authors

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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With a lifelong interest in the outdoors, Peter spends his time in a wide variety of environments that present a diversity of foraged foods, from alpine to coastal locations. After studying natural sciences at Canterbury University and postgraduate papers in zoology, foraging turned him from a zoologist to an accidental botanist. Peter now works as one of Aotearoa's only licensed professional foragers, sourcing wild produce for chefs around the country, including the innovative Amisfield, running foraging workshops and sharing his love of the subject through his social media pages and website @wildcuisinenz. Peter has spent a lifetime compiling Aotearoa's largest database of wild foraged species and works with international foragers on expanding the spectrum and use of wild foods. Peter continues to discover and explore the abundance of food Aotearoa has to offer, with his partner from their Ōtautahi Christchurch base.

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Bryce Langston is a New Zealand-based actor, musician, filmmaker and environmentalist, who has spent the last ten years travelling the globe exploring the tiny-house movement as the creator and host of the online YouTube series, Living Big in a Tiny House.

Richard Langston is a veteran journalist who works as a director for Country Calendar. He comes from a large family in Dunedin's Lebanese community and was a driving force in that city's music scene in the 1980s. He lives in Wellington and is a proud member of the three-person South Wellington Poetry Society.

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