Authors

Charity Norman was born in Uganda and brought up in successive draughty vicarages in Yorkshire and Birmingham. After several years' travel she became a barrister, specialising in crime and family law in the northeast of England. Also a mediator and telephone crisis line listener, she's passionate about the power of communication to slice through the knots. In 2002, realising that her three children had barely met her, she took a break from the law and moved with her family to Aotearoa New Zealand. Her first novel, Freeing Grace, was published in 2010. Second Chances (After the Fall) was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice and World Book Night title. See You in September (2017) was shortlisted for Best Crime Novel in the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Crime Fiction. The Secrets of Strangers is her sixth book and has been shortlisted for Best International Crime Fiction at the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards and shortlisted for Best Novel at the 2021 Ngaio Awards. In 2023, her seventh novel Remember Me was awarded the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel.

John Norsworthy has taught in secondary and primary schools, Bible colleges and teacher education for over 45 years. He has served on curriculum committees and professional development initiatives in both the state and Christian sectors, and served as secretary to the NZ Association for Christian Schools for 20 years. Passionate about the influence of biblical revelation on all areas of human life, he is a board member for Thinking Matters NZ and is currently an adjunct lecturer at Faith Bible College NZ.

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A perpetual global nomad, Olivia Norton has so far lived in five different countries over three continents. With a background in English teaching and outdoors instructing, you’ll either find her exploring the great outdoors or curled up reading a book with a cup of tea (no milk!) She currently resides in New Zealand with her foster cat named Blanket.

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In 2011 Dario Nustrini joined the New Zealand Army and became an Electronic Warfare Operator, serving six years across multiple international training exercises and an operational deployment to Iraq in support of eliminating the threat posed by ISIS in 2016. In 2017 he left the army and studied creative writing at the University of Auckland. Today he is a freelance TV writer, as well as writing short stories and this, his first book of nonfiction.

Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, W̱SÁNEĆ) holds an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters. She won the 2020 Adam Foundation Prize and was runner-up in the 2021 Surrey Hotel–Newsroom writer’s residency award. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Olive Nuttall completed an MA in Creative Writing in 2022 at Te Pūtahu Tuhi Auaha o te Ao, the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, where she won the 2022 Adam Foundation Prize. Kitten is her first novel.