Gavin Bishop
Genre:
Children's




Gavin Bishop (born 1946), is an award-winning author and illustrator, from Invercargill, New Zealand. He is known for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy. Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press. - Wikipedia
Bruce Billington
Genre:
Christian


Bruce travels constantly to many parts of the world speaking in churches and at conferences on the message of the Kingdom of God. He was an elder of Christian Fellowship in Upper Hutt for 25 years, and now supports the eldership team as a mentor and advisor. - Amazon


Hera Lindsay Bird
Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987) is a poet who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. - Wikipedia
Genre:
Poetry
Donovan Bixley
Genre:
Children's
Illustrated




Donovan Bixley is a picture book creator, who has worked on more than 90 books in a broad range of genres, from his best-selling preschool books. He has won numerous awards, including Best Junior Fiction at the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards For Children and Young Adults for his hybrid comic/novel, Monkey Boy (Scholastic, 2015), which was also named by the International Youth Library as one of the top 200 children’s books in the world. His books are sold in 25 countries and his work has been exhibited in New Zealand, Germany and Taiwan. - Book Council
Donna Blaber
Genre:
Non-Fiction
Childrens




Donna Blaber writes and publishes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is an experienced journalist, magazine editor and author. In 2016 she completed her MA in Creative Writing, graduating with First Class Honours, and received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Study.
Donna’s first book, New Zealand Driving Holidays, was published in 2004 and since then she has produced more than 30 titles. - NZSA
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Karina Bliss
Genre:
Romance




Karina Bliss began her professional writing life as a travel journalist before becoming a romance author. Her debut, published with Harlequin Books, won a Romantic book of the year award in Australia. Fifteen books later, Rise -- the first of her indie-published Rock Solid series -- has over 1000 ratings on Goodreads. - Writer's Festival
Adrienne Body
Genre:
Children's




Adrienne was born and raised in a town (well it's a city now) called Tauranga, which is in a beautiful region of New Zealand called The Bay of Plenty.
She studied at Victoria University in Wellington, NZ (absorbing all the local art and culture as she went), gaining a double major in Art History and Classical Studies. - Adrienne Body
Robert Philip Bolton
Genre:
Mystery




I am an independent New Zealand author.
I publish and sell my own books at markets and on-line as well as through Amazon and Kindle.
I was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1945. After a career in the advertising business I began freelance writing in 1983 and have been a self-employed writer ever since.
Gradually I reduced my commercial writing to dedicate myself to my own writing, preferring to write and publish my own work which is mostly (but not only) about New Zealand and New Zealanders. - Robert Philip Bolton
Paula Boock
Genre:
Young Adult


Paula Boock is a well-known New Zealand novelist and scriptwriter. She has written several young adult novels and won numerous awards, including the AIM Best First Book Award, the Esther Glen Medal, the NZ Post Children's Book of the Year and the AFTA NZ Best Drama Script Award. She has held the Writing Residency at the Dunedin College of Education as well as the Robert Burns Fellowship, and was the 2009 Writer in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. Her essay ‘On Make-up and Makeover’ was published in the Montana Essay Series, and her screen credits include writing on the multi-award-winning TV series Insider's Guide to Love. - Book Council
Patricia Booth
Genre:
Non-Fiction


On coming to New Zealand aged 17 years, Pat attended Victoria University, gained a BSc in Zoology and worked briefly in the Wellington Public Hospital Laboratory. In 1965 she married Graham Booth and they brought up four children. - Smashword
Jenny Bornholdt
Genre:
Poetry




Jennifer Mary Bornholdt MNZM (born 1 November 1960) is a New Zealand poet and anthologist. - Wikipedia
David Bosworth
Genre:
Children's



David Bosworth is an environmental lawyer turned author.
He lives in Auckland, New Zealand, a Rim of Fire city, built on sleeping volcanoes. - DIY Publishing
Michael Botur
Genre:
Literature




Michael Botur, born 1984, is a writer originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, who now lives and works in Whangarei with his wife and two kids.
Botur is author of four short story collections and published the novel 'Moneyland' in 2017. - NZSA
Neeny Boucher
Genre:
Romance




Originally, I'm from New Zealand and am a long-time supporter of the All Blacks. Currently, I live in Europe and am a trailing spouse, following my husband all over the world for his work. - Amazon
K T Bowes
Genre:
Mystery
Romance



