Iona Winter (Waitaha/Kāi Tahu & Pākehā) has an MA in Creative Writing (AUT), was a recipient of an NZ Society of Authors Mentorship in 2015, and is a published non-fiction and flash fiction author. When she’s not writing Iona is a holistic therapist, who lives and works in the land of her tupuna: Otago, Aotearoa.