About the Author

Siobhan Harvey is the editor of Words Chosen Carefully: New Zealand Writers in Discussion and Our Own Kind: 100 New Zealand Poems about Animals. Her poetry and prose have appeared in many New Zealand and international magazines and anthologies, and have been broadcast on Radio New Zealand. She was runner-up in the 2008 and 2009 Bernard Gadd Memorial Poetry Prizes. The consulting editor of International Literary Quarterly and poetry editor of Takahe, she was 2009 ARC Writer in Residence at Awhitu Reserve.