About the Author

An award-winning author of over two hundred publications, Diana Noonan's writing has included early literacy material, young adult novels, picture books, non-fiction, poetry, radio stories, television material, feature film treatments, and short film scripts. She lives on the remote Catlins Coast of the lower South Island. Multi-awardwinning author/illustrator, Gavin Bishop is arguably NZ's best-known children's book illustrator.