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Before moving into executive leadership roles in the energy sector, John Boshier was the Assistant Secretary of Energy in the New Zealand Government during the 1980s. He worked closely with Ministers from both parties and this experience proved invaluable in writing Power Surge. John has also been involved with the electricity industry in Australia and a director of energy companies. A fellow of Engineering New Zealand and a Harkness fellow, John was a resident scholar at the Stout Centre for New Zealand studies which helped his research. This is John's second book.
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‘Jim’ lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. However, those who know his life story know that he grew up in Australia as Brendan Boughen - the son of a preacher man - and has been drawing cartoons throughout his life, very often with religious themes inspired by his upbringing in the Christian Church. Jim was published in his first newspaper by the age of 13 and in his first book by 14. Since then, his cartoons have featured in magazines and web sites in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. In 2006, Jim published his first book, called ‘Gone Astray: A collection of (sac)religious cartoons by Jim’, which chronicled his first 10 years of cartooning on ‘churchy’ topics. Since then, his single-panel cartoons have featured monthly in Touchstone magazine (published by the Methodist Church of New Zealand) – and touched on wide range of topics relevant to church-going people, as well as those outside church walls who may look in through the windows wondering what the heck is going on inside.
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Desmond Bovey was born in Whanganui and in 1982 he moved to eastern France, where he would live for thirty years, acquiring French nationality in 1991. After finishing his university studies in Besancon he became art director in a communication agency, gradually specialising in the field of ecology and environmental interpretation, before finally becoming a freelance nature illustrator, working with municipal, regional and national services, as well as ecological organisations. His work has appeared in sites of natural interest in France, Switzerland, Monaco, Germany and the Reunion Islands, and his art has been exhibited in France and Switzerland. Upon his return to New Zealand, he has worked on various environmental projects, notably for DOC, Forest & Bird, and local councils. He lives with his partner in Whanganui.