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Ross Cullen is a life-long mountaineer, an author of climbing guidebooks and friend of Bill McLeod. His involvement with the New Zealand Alpine Club and climbing community over decades gives him deep insight into the prolific contributions that Bill has made to climbing in New Zealand.

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Majella Cullinane wrote poetry, fiction and essays. Her second collection

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Ruth Dallas

Matthew Cunningham is a passionate and dedicated historian with a Doctor of Philosophy (History) from Victoria University of Wellington. He has published oral histories, peer-reviewed articles, journalistic and encyclopedic pieces, and Waitangi Tribunal research commissions. He lives in Porirua, New Zealand, and works as a researcher. He is active on Facebook and is a member of a number of parent groups, including several for gifted children. Abigail and the Birth of the Sun (Puffin 2019) was his first published children's book. Sarah Wilkins is an award winning illustrator whose images can be found on buildings, buses, bags and many other curious places around the world, but they feel most at home on the pages of beautiful books. Sarah illustrates from a light-filled studio perched high on a hill overlooking the Wellington Harbour. She is curious about visually communicating science for young and old, and completedAbigail and the Restless Raindrop while completing her Master in Science in Society. Find out more about her work at www.sarahwilkins.net

Shara Curlett grew up surrounded by stories, from her mum’s bedtime reads to her dad’s whimsical space adventures. She wrote her first ‘novels’ at ten and rediscovered her passion for writing in 2016, completing two full-length manuscripts. A lifelong fantasy fan, she now writes to spark imagination in young readers, believing creativity fosters resilience. Shara lives on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast with her husband, two kids, two dogs, and a dragon (bearded, but she’s still claiming it).

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