Raewyn Alexander is a novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist and non-fiction writer living in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland. She's also the Narrative Writing lecturer at UNITEC, (Mt. Albert campus), Aotearoa New Zealand, and offers other writing classes and workshops. Her work was a prize-winner in the 2013 Printable Reality NZ-wide poetry competition for Matariki, and her essays and a story have been short-listed for major competitions, through Landfall magazine, Takahe magazine and the NZ Listener. A poem is to be included in the Random House anthology, 150 Essential New Zealand Poets. Raewyn Alexander has been published in New Zealand, Australia and the USA. Now with the internet, her work is available globally. A blog about this writer's poetic journey to America and trees for travel is read world-wide. http: //poeticjourneytoamerica.blogspot.co.nz/ More here - www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/alexanderraewyn.html