Authors

This is Franciska Soares’ debut into the world of Fiction, after having achieved undreamt-of success in the non-fiction space with her publishers: Hachette UK. A decades-old time lag – during which her artistic impulse has lain dormant, bookended by ‘life’ – is what she draws on: The turning points, The high-noon’s, The knife-edges, The quotidian, all experienced in three disparate countries: India, The UAE and New Zealand, where she presently resides. In returning to writing she says she has found her native language that has afforded her an ‘in’ to be in. It is the torch – ‘not directed at the root of things, but a subtle mist where the unseeable is revealed’ – that has helped her find her way home. A teacher with a double Masters (Education and Commerce), Franciska lives quietly in Queenstown, The Aspen of The Southern Hemisphere.

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Freya Daly Sadgrove is a writer, performer and theatre maker from Pōneke. She has a Master of Arts from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and her work has appeared in various publications in Aotearoa, Australia and the US. Head Girl is her first book.

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Karamdeep Sahota is an archivist based in Wellington, New Zealand. Originally from the Black Country in England, his interest in music spiked in the mid-1990s and his obsession with Oasis formed during the inescapable build up to the release of Be Here Now. This is his first book.

DICK SAINSBURY MA, MB ChB, FRACP, PG DipArts After Dick graduated from the University of Otago he completed six resident medical officer years in Auckland before going to the United Kingdom for advanced training. Since 1982 he has worked as a consultant physician in geriatric medicine in Christchurch in dual university/hospital appointments. He has a particular interest in student teaching and has served a period as trainee intern co-ordinator. He has also been involved in the examination, mentoring and supervision of international medical graduates. He is an avid cricket enthusiast who has now graduated to croquet. Other interests include music and reading. He is interested in the portrayal of older people in literature and completed his MA thesis on Older People and Ageing in the fiction of Thomas Hardy.

Tom Sainsbury is an actor, comedian, writer and social media star, famous for his Snapchat impersonations of characters such as politician Paula Bennett, wine reviewer Fiona and Gingerbread the Cat. Tom lives in Auckland, New Zealand, but was born and raised on a dairy farm in Matamata.