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Rajorshi Chakraborti is a novelist, essayist and short story writer, who lives in Wellington. He was brought up in Kolkata and Mumbai in India and is the author of five novels and a short fiction collection for adults, and a young adult mystery called Mumbai Rollercoaster, which received an honourable mention in India's Crossword Book Awards. Leela Chakraborti is eleven and lives in Wellington and Bad Smell Hotel is her first book. She came up with the story with her dad on their walks during the first lockdown, when she was eight. Besides reading and writing, Leela enjoys dancing, drama, rock-climbing, singing, coding and swimming in the sea. And she probably spends way too much time on TikTok.

Deborah Challinor has a PhD in history and is the author of thirteen bestselling novels, including the Children of War series, the Convict Girls series, the Smuggler's Wife series and the Restless Years series. She has also written one young adult novel and two non-fiction books. In 2018, Deborah was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and historical research. She lives in New Zealand with her husband.

Dr Richard Chambers is an award-winning clinical psychologist, executive coach, keynote speaker, and global authority on mindful leadership. Margie Ulbrick is a relationship counsellor who teaches couples, individuals and families the skills of mindfulness to assist in forming healthy relationships.

Weng Wai Chan was born in Singapore in 1968 and moved to New Zealand in 1977, at the age of 8. She attended the University of Auckland and studied a MbChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) which she completed in 1992. She then went on to complete a Diploma of Paediatrics in 1994. After 10 years as a Doctor, Chan decided to “h[a]ng up her stethoscope” and pursue a career in writing. She now lives in Auckland with her husband and three children. Chan’s first book, Lizard’s Tale, was published in June 2019 by Text Publishing. It has been very well received, with The Wall Street Journal describing it as “[A] sparkling story of child spies and international intrigue… a delight.” Set in the year 1940 in Singapore while World War II rages on, Chan’s Lizard’s Talefollows the story of Lizard after he is hired to steal what he believes to be a simple teak box from a local hotel. The box turns out to be much more than he bargained for, and so the adventure begins. A review of the book published by The Spinoff highlights how “Chan fills her novel with rich detail, mixing the signposts of Singapore that anybody vaguely familiar with the country will know (Raffles Hotel, the Singapore Sling) with the more intimate details that locals love to be reminded of and strangers will be endeared by (it is always wet, and always hot).” Lizard’s Tale won the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction at the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2020, and was shortlisted for the Best First Book Award at the same event. The book also received a Storylines Notable Book Award (2020). This author biography is courtesy of Read Te Pou Muramura's Writers Files.

Riley Chance, whose first novel - Surveillance - was short listed for the Ngaio Marsh awards, is passionate about giving readers fast-paced, engaging novels that also provide a window into societal issues. Since being made redundant in 2001, Riley has juggled raising a family, work and life. A seasoned, but unenthusiastic, member of the precarious workforce, Riley has had a myriad of jobs - computer programmer, IT manager, consultant, project manager, mentor, lecturer and, of course, writer. When headspace allows, Riley loves to read as well as follow politics, often visiting parliament to watch question time. It is within the political sphere where society can be changed for the better (or worse) and fiction can be a catalyst for change. Visit Riley's web site at www.rileychance.com.

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