Authors

Bestselling author Emma Wood has always loved a good story!

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Paul Wood is a doctor of psychology, motivational speaker, leadership and development specialist, media personality, husband and father. His area of expertise is in helping people pursue their potential while developing the mental toughness and resilience necessary to flourish through adversity. At 18 Paul was in prison and his life was completely off the rails. Paul uses his journey from delinquent to doctor to illustrate the process of transformational change and how we can strive to be the best version of ourselves possible.

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In 1993, KEITH WOODLEY became the full-time manager of the Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre, on the western coast of the Firth of Thames, and has been there ever since. In that time, he has hosted thousands of people at the Centre, given hundreds of talks on coastal ecology and shorebird migration, and had a box seat as the fabulous story of godwits and their epic migrations has unfolded. Woodley has fostered an intense knowledge of the shorebird migration flyway, visiting key sites in Australia, Alaska, China, North Korea and South Korea. In 2022, he was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to shorebird conservation. Woodley is the author of two previous books: Godwits: Long-haul Champions (2009) and Shorebirds of New Zealand: Sharing the Margins (2012).

Raised on an East Otago farm I benefited from the occasional amusing story of my father's Second World War adventures. As an adult I learned the truth and determined to keep my father's story alive. I had grown up with the man himself and I had access to his story on an audio disk, but for the benefit of research, and in the style of John Le Carré, I travelled to Silesia to the site of my father’s last POW camp. Where he had worked in a coalmine before the Long March of 1945. Such personal experiences shape the book.

Anna Woods is an award-winning writer from Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, whose short fiction has been published in a range of journals and anthologies. The

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Fleur Woods is a contemporary fibre artist. Fleur's practice is largely self taught and inspired by the landscapes and nature she is surrounded with. Tonia is a stylist, photographer and designer who applies her skills to numerous projects including food, landscape, still-life and lifestyle shoots.

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