Mandy Hager is an award-winning writer of fiction from Wellington who has published several books, poems, scripts and novels. Until recently she was employed by the Global Education Centre, which actively promotes “change for a just world”, and two of her novels have been used as the basis of programmes for young people at risk. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University and is a trained teacher. Book One of the Blood of the Lamb trilogy, The Crossing, won the 2010 NZ Post Children’s Book Award for Young Adult Fiction: the third book in the series is Resurrection (2011).

Website: mandyhager.com