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A frequent traveler from his home in New Zealand, Sean Monaghan has made it to thirty-one countries so far, all providing rich settings for his stories, which run the spectrum from thrillers to science fiction to literary, and even romance. Having made numerous visits to the U.S. Sean likes to think he knows his way around.

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Stephanie de Montalk is the award-winning author of four collections of poems, including Animals Indoors, which won the 2001 Best First Book Award, the novel The Fountain of Tears, the biography Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, and How Does It Hurt?, a memoir and study of chronic pain. Described by Damien Wilkins as 'groundbreaking and riveting and beautiful', How Does It Hurt? was published to critical and medical acclaim, and received a Nigel Cox Award at the 2015 Auckland Writers' Festival. It was published as Communicating Pain: Exploring Suffering through Language, Literature and Creative Writing by Routledge in 2018. Stephanie was the 2005 Victoria University Writer in Residence, and she lives in Wellington.

Colin Monteath is a New Zealand-based polar and mountain photographer and writer. From 1973 Colin worked in Antarctica for 31 seasons, and in 1978 made the first descent into the Inner Crater on Erebus. In 1979 he helped co-ordinate the recovery work following the Air New Zealand crash. He has made numerous first ascents in the Transantarctic Mountains, and in 1993 became the first New Zealander to reach the highest summit in Antarctica, Vinson Massif. Founder of Hedgehog House New Zealand, a photography library and publishing house, he has worked on numerous book projects on the polar regions, including the Reader's Digest book Antarctica: Great Stories from the Frozen Continent (1985), Smithsonian Institution Press's Wild Ice: Antarctic Journeys (1990), and Antarctica: Beyond the Southern Ocean (1996).

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Karin Montgomery works as an Interior Designer, Paper Flower maker and explores the world of Stories for Children. She lives in Auckland. Genevieve Chunn works by day as a Creative Director whilst moonlighting as an Illustrator,Oil Painter and Cake Decorator. She lives in Auckland with her husband, two children and two playful cats.