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Paul Thomas is an award-winning novelist and columnist. He has written extensively on sport, his nine books on the subject including collaborations with All Blacks legends John Kirwan and Tana Umaga and former New Zealand cricket captain and coaching pioneer John Wright. He has been described as "the Godfather of New Zealand crime fiction" for his ground-breaking series featuring Maori detective Tito Ihaka. The Ihaka novels have been translated into several languages and published in a number of countries, including the UK and the USA.

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Jacinda Thompson brings a rare combination of lived experience, professional insight, and advocacy to her work. After surviving sexual abuse by an Anglican priest in 2005 and pursuing justice through a landmark Human Rights Review Tribunal case, she became a leading voice for survivors of abuse in care. She is an active member of the Network of Survivors of Abuse in Faith-based Institutions and has advocated nationally and internationally, including presenting to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2024. Jacinda has contributed to major reforms, speaking at the Abuse in Care Royal Commission hearings and advising the Crown Response Unit on the design of an independent redress system.

Sanna Thompson lives in Poneke Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand with a cat, some friends, and many books. She loves walking on wild, windy beaches - as long as there's coffee and gelato nearby. The Paradise Generation is her first novel.

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Terry Thomsen is based in Christchurch and has a Master of Science in Botany from the University of Canterbury. His thesis studied the biogeography of southern beech species in the South Island using DNA markers and he also published postgraduate papers in evolutionary biology, plant taxonomy, ecology and entomology. He is a contributor to Wilderness magazine.

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