Authors

James Russell is a bestselling children’s writer. He's the author of the Dragon Brothers trilogy: The Dragon Hunters (2012), The Dragon Tamers (2013) and The Dragon Riders (2014), and also the five junior fiction Dragon Defenders books. His new series - Children of the Rush, won Storylines Notable Book awards for book one and two, and book one was a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. He lives in Auckland with his family. Biography and photo courtesy of Read NZ.

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PETER RYAN has hunted across four continents. His writing and images have appeared in the world’s premier outdoor journals, including Fieldsports, Gray’s Sporting Journal, the African Hunting Gazette, Sporting Classics, Halali, Shooting Sportsman, Field & Game Australia and The Hunter’s Journal. His essays have been translated into several languages. His previous books, Wild South and Hunting New Zealand — Parts Unknown, launched to critical acclaim. Peter lives in New Zealand’s South Island with his wife, son and daughter.

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Greg Ryan is a history professor and proctor at Lincoln University. He is a fellow of the Australian Society for Sports History and author of Sport and the New Zealanders: A History (with Geoff Watson, Auckland University Press, 2018), winner of the Australian Society for Sports History Book Award 2019; The Contest for Rugby Supremacy: Accounting for the 1905 All Blacks (Canterbury University Press, 2005), The Making of New Zealand Cricket: 1832–1914 (Frank Cass, 2003) which won the 2005 Ian Wards Prize, and Forerunners of the All Blacks: The 1888–89 New Zealand Native Football Team in Britain, Australia and New Zealand (Canterbury University Press, 1993).

James Ryan is a school student living in Canterbury. He has taken a keen interest in science, especially natural history, from a very early age. He is a member of the Canterbury Museum Explorer’s Club and is an avid collector of artefacts.

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Courtney Sina Meredith is a distinguished author whose work delves into issues such as racism, sexism and poverty. Her debut poetry collection Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick (Beatnik, 2012) was followed by acclaimed short story collection Tail of the Taniwha (Beatnik, 2016), and historical feat The Adventures of Tupaia (Allen & Unwin, 2019). Courtney has been awarded prestigious creative opportunities around the world. Heralding an era of niu leadership, her heart lies in giving voice to the contemporary experiences of Moana fafine.