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Jo Dawson grew up on a dairy farm in Wellsford, a small town in the North Island of New Zealand. She spent fifteen years as a teacher in New Zealand and abroad, before becoming a stay at home Mum and completing her graduate degree in theology. She has lived in Australia and the USA for a time and these experiences have added to her love of people and history. Blessed with a vivid imagination and the love of classical literature and historical fiction Jo virtually grew up bosom friends with Anne Shirley, romping with Jo March and her sisters, sailing a raft down the Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn or living in the 'little house' with Laura Ingalls. Born and raised in a strong Christian family Jo's faith is at the centre of who she is, with a lifetime of being involved in Churches and Christian Camps. These two loves, literature and the Lord have inevitably converged into writing compelling stories of strong Christian women, courageously facing the hardships of life on the frontier. It is her hope that women of all ages would find encouragement from her heroine's experiences that while fiction, so often mirror even our modern lives. Jo currently resides in the small North Island town of Waipu in New Zealand, where she lives with her husband, sons, father-in-law, and two very lazy cats.

Bee Dawson is a Wellington author, columnist, public speaker and historian. She has published twenty books of New Zealand social history, including A History of Gardening in New Zealand and Lady Painters: the Flower Painters of Early New Zealand. A keen gardener, Bee is an associate member of the New Zealand Gardens Trust and a past recipient of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture's Garden History Award. Chris Coad is a commercial photographer based in Wellington whose awards include a New Zealand Film and Television award for his work on Forgotten Silver and Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year.

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"This biography of two hunting brothers, ranging far and wide across New Zealand and beyond, is a well-written, evocative and often startling story. It entertains and intrigues from the beginning." -Norman Bilbrough, award-winning New Zealand author.

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Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors. She has published a range of short stories, collections and novels for adults and children. De Goldi's novel The 10pm Question (2008) was published to critical acclaim both in New Zealand and overseas, quickly becoming an iconic piece of New Zealand literature. De Goldi has been extensively involved with numerous programmes, committees, and organisations focused on creative writing, education and New Zealand literature. Bio and photograph courtesy of Read NZ.

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Tui De Roy is a world-renowned wildlife photographer, writer, and conservationist. Her many books include Galapagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy; Penguins: The Ultimate Guide (Princeton); Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire (Princeton); The Andes: As the Condor Flies; and New Zealand: A Natural World Revealed.

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