About the Author

Jill Trevelyan is a Wellington art historian and curator who has worked at the Museum of New Zealand and the National Library Gallery. She has written about a number of New Zealand artists and writers including Frances Hodgkins, William Fox and Ursula Bethell, and is the co-author of Rita Angus: Live to Paint and Paint to Live (2001). Jill first became interested in Toss Woollaston's letters when she was part of the curatorial team for the 1991 Woollaston exhibition at the National Art Gallery.