Kate De Goldi writes fiction for all ages. Her most recent novel. Eddy, Eddy, a story of community, friendship, and loss, is set in Christchurch in the period immediately following the 2010/11 earthquakes. Her previous novel, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, won the Esther Glen Award at the 2016 NZ Children & Young Adult Book Awards. With Susan Paris, of the Annuals, literary miscellanies for readers from 9 to 90. She is currently Te Awhi Rito NZ Reading Ambassador.