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Katie Cooper grew up on a small sheep farm just out of Gore and is the daughter of an agriculture teacher and a history teacher. She completed her PhD in history at the University of Otago, and since 2016 has been a curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Katie’s research focus is the social and material history of nineteenth-century New Zealand, and she has been working to highlight women’s histories in Te Papa’s collections.

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Tracey Cooper is a Whaingaroa-based writer with more than 20 years' experience as a journalist and writer.

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David Alexander Coory is a 77 year old natural health and nutrition researcher, based in Tauranga, New Zealand. He is the researcher and author of the top selling book ‘Stay Healthy by Supplying What’s Lacking in Your Diet’, which has sold around 100,000 copies within New Zealand and is currently in its 11th edition. His latest book, in the process of being published (about May 2024) is ‘Cure ADHD and Allergies with the Feingold Diet. This book is an account of the findings of Brenda Sampson who ran the ‘Wellington Hyperactivity Association’ for 20 years, using the world-renown Feingold diet. This diet was developed by pediatrician and allergy specialist, Dr. Benjamin Feingold and is used throughout the world with great effectiveness. The book contains numerous success stories, shared by parents who have used this diet with miraculous results within their families, both children and adults and shares practical ways to implement the diet.

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Sue Copsey is an award-winning writer of spooky adventure stories for older children. She lives in New Zealand, which is disappointingly low on ghosts compared to her native England. Sue was a senior editor at Dorling Kindersley in London before moving to NZ, where she now works as a freelance writer and editor. Her 2015 title "The Ghosts of Tarawera" was the recipient of a Notable Book Award from the Storylines Children's Literature Trust of New Zealand. As well as children's fiction, Sue has produced many non-fiction books, including the UK Times Educational Supplement award winner "Children Just Like Me", and "Our Children Aotearoa", which also won a Notable Book Award (2012). Sue has two children and lives in Auckland.