Steph Matuku (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga) is an award-winning author of stories for young people. As well as short stories, plays and articles, she has written eight books: ‘Flight of the Fantail’, ‘Falling Into Rarohenga’ and ‘Migration’ for young adults, the junior fiction series, ‘Whetū Toa’, and picture books, ‘The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke’ and ‘The Dream Factory’ all published by Huia Publishers.

Two of her books have been translated into te reo Māori, two were finalists in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and six were Storylines Notable Books.

She has mentored for the NZSA and Te Papa Tupu Writing programmes, and her screen credits include ‘Mystic’, ‘Under The Vines’ and ‘Shortland Street’.

Steph is the mother of two, and lives in Taranaki.

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