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JASpREET SInGH InDIA / CAnADA
Jaspreet Singh’s debut novel Chef
was an international prize finalist and a 2010 Observer ‘Book of the
Year’. Helium, his critically acclaimed second novel, was published in 2013. The Financial Times called it a ‘profound meditation on historical forgetting.’ He is currently a Massey University writer-in-residence jaspreetsinghauthor.com
nALInI SInGH nEW zEALAnD
Nalini Singh is the New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series. Born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand,
she was first published in 2003. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages worldwide, including German, French, Japanese andTurkish. nalinisingh.com @nalinisingh
DAVID SLACk nEW zEALAnD
David Slack is an author, satirist, radio host, commentator and speechwriter. His creative outlets include publicaddress.net, Radio New Zealand’s The Panel, TV3’s Firstline, Radio Live and Metro. @DavidSlack
AnnA SMAILL nEW zEALAnD
Poet and novelist Anna Smaill has published one volume of poetry, The Violinist in Spring (2005), and has had poems published and anthologised in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Her debut novel, The Chimes, was published internationally in 2015. @AnnaESmaill
zARA STAnHOpE nEW zEALAnD
Zara Stanhope is the Principal Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki and Adjunct Professor at AUT University. She has a PhD from the Australian National University and
a distinguished background as an art museum curator, art writer and programme manager. @ZaraStanhope
C.k. STEAD nEW zEALAnD
Emeritus Professor C. K. Stead is a poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic, who has been one of New Zealand’s leading literary figures for more than half a century. He taught at The University of Auckland for 20 years and, in 2007, was admitted to the Order of New Zealand, this country’s highest accolade.
STEpHEn STRATFORD nEW zEALAnD
Author, editor and manuscript assessor Stephen Stratford has been a judge of the Wattie, Montana and NZ Post Book Awards. He has written more than
a dozen books and has edited many bestsellers and prize-winners. He blogs at quoteunquotenz.blogspot.co.nz @StephenStra
FIOnA SuSSMAn SOuTH AFRICA / nEW zEALAnD
Fiona Sussman published her
debut novel Shifting Colours in 2014. Originally from South Africa, she grew up in a publishing family and trained as a doctor, helping to set up Auckland Charity Hospital before leaving medicine to become a full time writer. fionasussman.co.nz @FionaSussman
SALLY SuTTOn nEW zEALAnD
Roadworks (NZ Post Book Award winner 2009), Construction (2014), and Catch That Plane (2014) are just some of the adored books written by Sally Sutton, a children’s author who has been widely published since 2006, including in the United Kingdom and the United States. sallysutton.co.nz
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