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Bronwyn Calder has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pen. From age 17 she has had stories published in journals, magazines and anthologies while having a related career as a book editor. Bronwyn lives in Auckland, NZ and writes fantasy and sci-fi. Through these favourite genres she can tell of the weirder aspects of life and love. 2007 - Published fantasy novel "Askar". 2012 - Film festival selection and award for the short film "The House of Seville" based on a story by Bronwyn. 2014 - Story "Endless Sea" won the Graeme Lay Short Story Competition run by the NZ Society of Authors. "Endless Sea" has now been published in "Landfall" Issue 229. "Landfall" is New Zealand's longest-running arts and literary journal. 2020 - Joined the co-operative team at CloudInk Publishing, mostly in the role of Editor. Further to writing, Bronwyn belly-dances, sings and makes art including the fabric art illustrations for "The Master Weaver".

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Bob Calkin was born into a working-class family in Whanganui in 1935 and attended Whanganui Technical College between 1948 and 1952. He graduated with a law degree in 1957 from Victoria University and became a partner at just 25 in an Invercargil law firm. He married Claire in 1959 and they had two children of their own and fostered two. After moving to Palmerston North, Bob practised law and began following business interests. In 1979 he was convicted of a number of fraud-related charges and served a term of imprisonment between 1979 and 1983. While in prison he studied extramurally through Massey University and achieved a BA in sociology and religious studies. Upon his release from prison Bob completed a doctorate in sociology related to the emergence of the criminogenic nature of New Zealand society and the crime/imprisonment cycle. During this period he was active in the community, working with a number of organisations supporting former prisoners, as well as playing a leading role in a community housing venture. He also carried out a number of research projects dealing with experiences of people who were struggling on the margins of society. After the death of his wife, Bob moved to the Kāpiti Coast in 2017 to be with his son and daughter-in-law, reflect on his rise, fall and redemption as a member of what he terms the Lucky Generation, and to write his memoir.

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Sharron Came works as an energy analyst in Wellington. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, winning the 2021 Adam Foundation Prize for Peninsula, which is her first book.