Authors

Peter Macky was born in New Zealand and was educated in Auckland and New York. He is a retired lawyer with an enduring interest in urban design, European history and built heritage. His previous books include Wartime Correspondence and Coolangatta A Homage. Since retiring from legal practice, Macky established a second home in Berlin where he lives in the northern summer. In that city his company Easy Cycling Tours Limited offers tours of Berlin, Potsdam and Dresden. For the past ten years he has been restoring the Kaiserbahnhof in the Spreewald town of Halbe, south of Berlin. He lives with his partner in Auckland and Berlin.

Margaret Maclagan (PhD, Lond) has been a lecturer in child language development and language analysis for more than three decades. She taught speech-language therapists at the University of Canterbury, is an author and editor of academic books, and now writes for a general audience. She is a mother and grandmother. Anne Buckley (MSc, Human Communication, Lond) is a former speech-language therapist and lecturer at the University of Canterbury. She has worked in medical publishing for more than a decade as a medical writer and editor, writing for both health professionals and consumers. Anne has a son.

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T.L Macnicol (ngāti pikiao) has a background in architecture, design and tertiary education. She is passionate about language acquisition and travel. Tina currently divides her time between the waikato and taranaki.

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