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Hua Dai was born in may 1966 in China. She is mum to Wonder Dai, her only child. Hua is also a poet, an educator, and a life-long learner. She survived the attempted murder that killed her child. She writes with deep reflection on what education, or society has not taught her about murder in intimate partner violence. She is completing her PhD in the topic as well as this memoir. She intends to use what she has learnt to help save the lives of women and children, as her way to remember her son Wonder Dai.

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Stephen Daisley was born in 1955 and grew up in the North Island of New Zealand. He has worked on sheep and cattle stations, on oil and gas construction sites and as a truck driver, among many other jobs. His first novel, Traitor, won the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. Coming Rain won the Ockham Prize in 2015. Stephen lives in Western Australia.

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A stage/production manager, lighting and sound designer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and stage performer, DIANA DALY worked for several years as managing producer of Wonderbolt Productions' St. John's International CircusFest. A WONDERFUL BIGNESS, her first book, is based on a stage show about her family that she performed in and co-wrote. Newfoundland-born, Vancouver-based Bruce Alcock is an award-winning multi-media filmmaker and creative director. In addition to films like Impromptu, 54 Hours, and At the Quinte Hotel, Alcock has also directed more than 500 commercials. Working in a mix of all physical and digital techniques, Alcock is above all an experimental artist -- pushing the boundaries, trying new things, and creating meaningful new work.

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Antje Damm is a celebrated children’s writer and illustrator. Born in 1965 in Wiesbaden, Germany, she now lives with her husband and four children near Giessen. She has worked as an architect and has written and illustrated over a dozen books for children.

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