About the Author

Rosemary McLeod is one of New Zealand's best known and most distinguished journalists, and in her long career she has written for the New Zealand Listener, North and South and the Sunday Star-Times. She is an expert needleworker and collector, and has curated museum exhibitions built around her own extensive collection of textiles and craft pieces. Her previous book From Thrift To Fantasy was a bestseller that also won New Zealand's book of the year award. Jane Ussher is one of New Zealand's most skilled and respected photographers. Her 2010 book Still Lives was a magnificent photographic catalogue of the Antarctic huts of Scott and Shackleton.