Authors

Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris is an international number one bestselling author, who is passionate about stories of survival, resilience and hope. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Lale's story formed the basis for

Associate Professor Dr Hone Waengarangi Morris (Ngāi Te Rangitotohu, Ngāti Mārau, Ngāti Maru, Ngāi Te Ao Kāpiti) is a member of the leadership team in the office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori at Massey University. He also works as a licensed interpreter and translator.

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Sandra Morris is a Whanganui-based author and illustrator of award-winning children’s natural history books as well as a botanical artist and a keen nature journaller.

Matt Morris completed a PhD on Christchurch's garden history and works as the sustainability manager at the University of Canterbury. Matt also runs an organic sauerkraut business called The Urban Monk, and is the co-chair of Soil & Health Association National Council. He is deeply involved in community-led garden initiatives and has surrounded his home in New Brighton with fruit trees and vegetables. His previous book, Common Ground: Garden Histories of Aotearoa (Otago University Press, 2021) was shortlisted for the NZSA Heritage Literary Awards 2021.

Paula Jane Kiri Morris is a novelist, short story writer and essayist of English and Māori (Ngati Wai) descent. She has received numerous fellowships, international residencies and awards for her writing, including best work of fiction at both the NZ Post Book Awards and Nga Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards in 2012 for her novel Rangatira. Her stories are widely anthologised and broadcast, and her 2008 collection, Forbidden Cities, was a regional finalist in the Commonwealth Prize. Paula has a D. Phil from the University of York and an MFA from the University of Iowa. She spent several decades, living overseas, working in London and New York, and since 2003 she has taught creative writing at universities, including Tulane University in New Orleans, and the University of Sheffield in England. She now teaches creative writing at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and is the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature.

Di Morris was born in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. She grew up in Te Matau-a-Maui Hawkes Bay, studied Fine Arts at Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha University of Canterbury, followed by a Master of Design from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. In the 1980s and '90s she worked as a graphic designer and art director in Sydney, Australia, before returning home to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2001. Di teaches secondary school design and photography, and in her spare time she gardens and illustrates. She lives in Hawkes Bay with her free-range chickens.

Bill Morris is a writer, documentary filmmaker and musician based in Port Chalmers, New Zealand. He has worked extensively as a wildlife filmmaker for NHNZ, the BBC Natural History Unit and others, and his passion for science and stories of the natural world informs all his work. 

Toby Morris is an award-winning cartoonist, comic artist and illustrator based in Auckland. He has worked for Radio New Zealand and currently works for The Spinoff, creating non-fiction comics often addressing relevant social issues in Aotearoa New Zealand. Toby has published a number of books, including the comic books Alledaags: A Year in Amsterdam; Don't Puke On Your Dad: A Year In The Life of A New Father; and Dad Man Walking; as well as two children’s books, Capsicum, Capsi Go and The Day The Costumes Stuck. Toby also illustrated Te Tiriti O Waitangi, a graphic novel of the history and importance of the Treaty of Waitangi. Toby has received international recognition for his work with Siouxsie Wiles covering the COVID-19 pandemic. Published in The Spinoff, the animated graphics were shared widely around the world. In 2022 Toby won the Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize. Bio courtesy of Read NZ.

Bill Morris is a writer, documentary filmmaker and musician based in Port Chalmers, New Zealand. He has worked extensively as a wildlife filmmaker for NHNZ, the BBC Natural History Unit and others, and his passion for science and stories of the natural world informs all his work. 

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