Authors

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Keith Ovenden is a biographer, former university political studies lecturer, broadcaster, satiric novelist and political commentator. He is the biographer of the New Zealand writer Dan Davin and is the chair of the board of the National Portrait Gallery in Wellington, where he also lives.

Becky Overeem grew up as the eldest of five adopted children. Born in Auckland, she spent part of her childhood in Fiji and her teenage years in the Solomon Islands. At 18, she returned to New Zealand to attend Teachers College, where she met her husband, Yaron. When her daughters, Chloe and Sophie, were in high school, Becky trained as a school chaplain. Passionate about mental health and education, she now runs her own business in Whangarei, creating teaching and mental health resources. This is her first book, inspired by personal experience.

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Robert Owen has been a beekeeper for over 20 years. He completed his PhD on Varroa in 2022. Robert has advised beekeepers in Nigeria, Benin, Lebanon, Nepal, and Bangladesh for USAID. He authored The Australian Beekeeping Manual and regularly contributes to specialist beekeeping magazines. Robert has extensive first-hand knowledge of honey bee pathogens from many countries. Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck is an Honorary Professor in Animal Biotechnology at University of Melbourne and an avid beekeeper. Mark Stevenson is a veterinary epidemiologist with expertise in infectious diseases. 

Jenny Owens has been gardening her whole life, she is from a long lineage of keen gardeners from both the North and South Islands of Aotearoa New Zealand. Jenny has a background in fine arts, teaching, landscaping and runs a garden design business.

Jacqueline Owens lives in Wellington. Vividwater was longlisted for Grindstone Literary International Novel Prize, and shortlisted twice in the Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize. It is the first in a three-part series. Excerpts and short stories from other manuscripts have been published in online journals. A screenplay, The Floating World, won the New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) Best Unproduced Screenplay Competition and

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Eleanor Ozich is a bestselling author and photographer and mother to three young children. Since starting a blog seven years ago, she has built a large following of loyal readers who look forward to her daily musings, recipes and ideas for living a less complicated way of life. Her unique approach to writing and photography showcases her love of all things simple in a natural, down-to-earth way.