Adrienne Jansen has written or collaborated on numerous books about migrant experience in New Zealand. A Winston Churchill Fellow in 1990, Adrienne has also published fiction and poetry. She was born in Wellington in 1947. Liz Grant is a writer and editor with a background in journalism and broadcasting. She is the author of three previous books of non-fiction, and for three years headed the writing team at Te Papa. She was born in Hutton Buscel, Yorkshire, in 1949.