Authors

Kristina Sigunsdotter is a Swedish writer, artist and playwright with a degree in ethnology, English and journalism, currently living in Malmö, Sweden. Her play Systrarna Stormhatt och det stora fågeläventyret has been played at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Stockholm City Theatre. She is the founder of The Poetry Factory, a poetry workshop for children.Ester Eriksson is an artist and cartoonist. Her earlier published works include the graphic novels Jag, Esters rester and Det finns ingenstans att fly.

Georgie Silk is a Pakeha poet, theatre maker and mental health counsellor based in Tamaki Makaurau. After graduating high school, she trained as an actor. Her creative pursuits have led her to create theatre productions at Q Theatre, Basement Theatre and BATS Theatre. As a dyslexic, it took her some time to find joy in writing. Georgie holds a Masters degree in Counselling (First Class Honours), where she researched the benefits of creative mediums to overcome mental illness and distress. Peel is her debut poetry collection. On the weekends, she will be in a dance studio or swimming in the moana. She is the nominated dessert baker among her friend groups, a recent favourite was a marshmallow chocolate pie.

Devon Sillett is a former radio producer, turned writer and reviewer, who is currently completing her PhD on children’s picture books.  Cara King is a designer and illustrator with her own design business, Caratoons. She has been drawing for many years and loves working with watercolours and pencils.

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Paul Simei-Barton lives and works in Aotearoa New Zealand. His maternal grandmother Bida was born and raised in the pioneering Jewish settlement of Zichron Yaakov. With his partner Justine he founded Tala Pasifika Productions, a community based theatre company which produced several of his stage plays, short film scripts and TV drama. For 14 years he was theatre reviewer for the NZ Herald.

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