Steve Braunias is a well-known columnist at Metro. He has published five books of non-fiction, including How to Watch a Bird (2007), and Smoking in Antarctica (2010). He is currently writing a “kind of travel book” based on his visits to 20 small settlements. He won a $35,000 Copyright Licensing Limited literary award in 2010. He lives in Auckland with his fiancée and daughter.

See also: Steve Braunias' New Zealand Book Council profile.