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Francis Payne and Ian Smith are New Zealand’s foremost cricket statisticians and have been editing the Cricket Almanack for many years. Payne, in particular, is well known to all cricket followers. He is a regular guest on both radio and television as well as fulfilling the role as chief statistician for New Zealand Cricket.

Ōtaki writer Robin Peace lives in the margin land of Otepua wetland with her partner, observing and interacting with the natural world. A retired geographer, teacher and academic, her first collection of poetry, A Passage of Yellow Red Birds, was published in 2018. She contri­buted a poem ‘In the Moment’ to More Favourable Waters: Aotearoa poets respond to Dante’s Purgatory, and ‘Intricate Relationships’ to The Power in Our Truth: the Truth of Our Power.

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Douglas Pearce is an emeritus professor of tourism management at Victoria University of Wellington. His teaching, research and consulting projects have taken him to Europe, Asia, South America and the South Pacific. He has written numerous academic papers and five scholarly books on tourism. His books have been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese. Lepan's Shadow is his debut novel. Douglas lives in Wellington with his wife Chantal.

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From when Robyn R. Pearce was a child in New Zealand, the stories of early settlers romanced her. Then, older family members started sharing letters and journals of intrepid ancestors who'd up and left their homes to go to new lands, many of them fleeing from turbulent, and sometimes terrible, situations. They all had one common theme; they trod perilous paths in search of a better life. The Freedom Series weaves these tales with the events and famous people of the times.Before Robyn began writing historical fiction, putting her ancestors' stories into exciting fiction, she had a long and successful career as an international time management and productivity specialist, with eight books on the topic. More about all her titles at https: //www.RobynPearce.com

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Neil Pearce is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since 1985, he has been engaged in a wide range of public health research activities including, co-founding the Wellington Asthma Research group at the Wellington School of Medicine and establishing the Massey University Centre for Public Health Research. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) and the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) and Past-President of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA).

Emma is the calligrapher at Inkberry Calligraphy, an art studio based in stunning Auckland, New Zealand. She has been doing calligraphy for over 30 years. She creates bespoke calligraphy art pieces, stationery for weddings, lettering for events and luxury brands, and also teaches calligraphy in face to face lessons and workshops. Emma is especially passionate about encouraging children's calligraphy skills. She knows that in a fast paced technical world, a focus on hand-writing and creativity is ever more important for children's development. By promoting the skills of handwritten lettering, she is trying to preserve the beautiful, ancient art of calligraphy...one letter at a time!

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Scott Pearson graduated with a Bachelor of Media Arts and has won a LIANZA Te Kura Pounamu award in 2015. He has spent his career collaborating with a number of clients both local and international, producing work for graphic novels, children's books, school journals, animation and more. After being exposed to Tintin and Asterix books as a young child, Scott was inspired to be an illustrator himself. He lives in Hamilton, New Zealand with his wife, four daughters and a busy at-home illustration & design business.