Portfolio
For Pearson NZ (project manager/editor)
Secondary education:
Geography
Atlas Aotearoa Activity Book
Nature’s Fury
Differences in Development
Tongariro (workbook)
Be Wise Revise: Geography
Write-on Notes: Geography
Science
Astronomy Aotearoa
Astronomy Aotearoa Workbook
Life Processes, Ecology and Evolution (award winner)
Life Processes, Ecology and Evolution Workbook
Continuing Life Processes, Ecology and Evolution
Continuing Life Processes, Ecology and Evolution Workbook
The Nature of Science Books 1 and 2 (award winner)
English
Addicted to Adrenalin (English with Attitude series)
Rhythm in your Bones (English with Attitude series)
Edge: A Cut of Unreal (fiction/short stories)
Social studies
The Changing Face of New Zealand
Discovering Diversity
From the Bay of Islands to the Beehive
History
The Vietnam War
The Russian Revolutions
Protest in New Zealand
Framing the Frontier
Face to Face
Shaping the Shamrock
Write-on Notes: History
Classics
Greek Drama
Primary
Our Children Aotearoa (author and editor)
Gardening Handbook for Schools
Tertiary/trade
Pacific Island Recipes for the Heart
Top Tools for Language Teachers
Principles of Tourism
Management Perspectives for New Zealand
Language Passport
Conversation Skills
Write your own CV
Effective Business Communicaton in NZ
Managing Organisations in NZ
Hairdressing
Lifespan Development
Home, Land and Sea
Marketing
Marketing in New Zealand
Using MIS
Transforming Communication
Employment Relations
Dictionary of Accounting Terms
Plumbing Handbook
For New Holland NZ (editor):
The New Zealand Wildlife Activity Book, by Dave Gunson
The New Zealand Nature Activity Book, by Dave Gunson
Green Urban Living, by Janet Luke
Embrace Your Space, by Janet Luke
Gypsy Day on the Farm, by Jennifer Beck & Lisa Allen
Sam Goes Wild, by Jennifer Beck & Jenna Packer
Artists’ Impressions of New Zealand, by Denis Robinson
Lazy Days, by Graham Young
For Huia Publishers (editor)
Haka, by Patricia Grace
Awatea’s Treasure, by Fraser Smith
Awatea and the Gang, by Fraser Smith
Whetu Toa and the Magician, by Steph Matuku
Whetu Toa and the Hunt for Ramses, by Steph Matuku (in press)
Flight of the Fantail, by Steph Matuku
The Bomb, by Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan
The Marble Maker, by Sacha Cotter
Tamanui, The Brave Kokako, by Rebecca Beyer
and Linley Wellington
A Wayfinding Guide to Leading with Wisdom,
by Chellie Spiller, Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, and John Panoho
Huia Short Stories 11: Contemporary Maori Fiction,
various authors
The Whole World is Watching: The 1981 Springbok Tour of
New Zealand (Ministry of Education)
Nga Hai e Wha [The Four Winds], Maori & Pacific Island
short story collection, various authors
Tuna and Hiriwa, by Hipeka Takotowai Goddard
When the Bell Rings, by Maxine Hemi
Santa’s Worst Christmas
Point of Order, Mr Speaker? Modern Maori
Political Leaders
The Porangi Boy, by Shilo Kino
For Random House (writer):
Adapted three titles from TVNZ series:
Bumble Camps Out
Meet Bumble and Friends
Bumble’s Missing Drink
For Hodder Moa Beckett (editor):
The Punga People of 90 Mile Beach, Barry Crump
For indie publishers and self-publishers:
Adult & young adult fiction:
Death, Actually, by Rosy Fenwicke
Searching for Summer,
by Elizabeth Ascot
X Y Z, by William Knight
By R.L. Stedman:
Upon a Time
A Memory of Fire
Ghostly Melodies
By Dennis Ingram:
Foothold
The Seasoning
Serendipity
Revolution
Revelation
Drive, by Scott Butler
The Security, by Scott Butler
Wrath of the North, by Isac Bjornstrom
Orion Rising, by Chard Andrews
Raising Dad, by Darrin Renner
Little Land of Loose Endings, by Darrin Renner
Ekata, by Dominique Law
Fortissima, by Sara Kingsley
Broken Silence, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
Underwater, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
Nothing Bad Happens Here, by Nikki Crutchley
By D.C. Grant:
Three Times Dead
What Love Is
‘Catch Jason Shaw’ series:
Speed, Velocity, and Maneuvers
Robyn Hood, Outlaw Princess, by John Reynolds
‘Generation Icarus’ series, by J.L. Pawley:
First Flight; Second Chance; Third Time
Lucky; Final Stand
Icarus Origins (novellas), by J.L. Pawley:
Kestrel; Falcon and Tui; Owl and Raven
By T.J. Green
Tom’s Inheritance
Twice Born
Galatine’s Curse
Jane Inside, by Jane Thomsen
I Am Not Joe Donovan, by Robyn Anderson
Republic, by Leon Paul
High Office Whispers, by Mario Dhingsa
Maps of Bliss and Rage, by Mario Dhings
Teine Samoa, by Dahlia Malaeulu
Junior fiction:
Lily Max: Slope, Style, Fashion, by Jane Bloomfield
(Luncheon Sausage Books)
Lily Max: Sun, Surf, Action, by Jane Bloomfield
(Luncheon Sausage Books)
Figlet and Chutney and the Mysterious Explosions
by Elizabeth Pulford
By Sarah Johnson:
The Bold Ship Phenomenal
The Spaghetti Giraffe
The Spaghetti Giraffe and the Egg of Courage,
The Prankster and the Ghost, by R.L. Stedman
Dragon Defenders Book 3: An Unfamiliar Place,
by James Russell
Loopy Lucy: Flying with Hubble, by C.V. Aramakutu
Loopy Lucy: International Outhouse, by C.V. Aramakutu
The Ginomees (series), by Ali Foster, published by IFWG Publishing, Melbourne. The Rejects;
The Clonestone; The Cave at the End
of the Universe
Sally Bangle: Unexpected Detective,
by Melinda Szymanik
Chittens to the Rescue, by Julie Scott
Symphony Smythe and the Baked Bean
Birthday Party, by Christine Hurst
Symphony Smythe Wants a Pet, by Christine Hurst
Eltarlie, by Michele O’Neill
There’s No Such Thing As Humans
by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
Lucy Lavender and the Topiary City,
by Julie-Ann MacCulloch
The Adventures of Lily and George,
by Jennifer Roth
Lumen, by Shara Curlett
Electric Pioneer, by Viv Walker (in press)
Zip and Thunder, by Sean Gallagher
A Bowl of Friends, by Terry Delaney (in press)
Creative Space, by Kate Dean (in press)
Pixiehaven, by Katrina Macintyre
Picture books:
by Deborah Hinde:
Hare
Hollybee Hope Wants a Pricky Coat
Sleep, Little Kiwi, Sleep
by Deborah Hinde and Sarah Johnson
Enough
The Garden’s Secrets
Scary Tales, by Judi Billcliff and Deb Hinde
by Kat Quin Merewether
Kuwi’s Rowdy Crowd
Kuwi and Friends Maori Picture Dictionary
Kiwicorn
Magic Mistakes, by Belinda Blecher
Why do Grandpas get Grumpy? by Fleur Benn
Fizzy Pop, by Emma Vere Jones
and Kate Snushall
A Rose Grows, by Jane Thomsen
Jin’s Great Escape, by Maria Artho
Charlie’s Big Mystery, by Rita Ford
How the Sloth Got its Smile,
by Bob Zaslow
Leo the Leaf, by Bill Barker
Hello! Kia Ora! Welcome new friend!
by Rachel Weston
The Purple Pig, by Cat William
Tractor Dave, by Rachel Numan
Non-fiction, inc biographies:
Blade NZ: Travel Stories from the Road,
by Matt Earle
We Who Are Marines, by Bailey Williams
The Emotional Challenges of Immigration,
by Ellie Baker
Under a Himalayan Sky, by Margaret Jefferies
Over the Fence, by Marnie Rutherford
The Bravest Guy, by Harry Wedewer
The Life You Want, by Camilla Watson
by David Riley (Reading Warriors)
Samoan Heroes
Fanene Peter Mavia, Son of Samoa
Stacey Waaka
Pacific Coastal Watchers
Pai and Vau
Nuie Heroes
Reading Tribe
Joy Cowley – Kiwi Storyteller
Right Beyond the Horizon, by Christopher Many
Paris on a Prayer, the Dylan Groom Story,
by Angela Groom
Waiting for the Fat Fairy, by Julie Crabbe
Domestic Drama and the Baby Mama,
by Quiana Mills Martinez
High Office Whispers, by Mario Dhingsa
How to Self-Publish a Children’s Picture Book,
by Yvonne Jones
Dorling Kindersley UK
(in-house project and senior editor)
Look Closer: natural history series for 7–12-year-olds.
Project editor on 4 titles:
River Life
Tree Life
Shoreline
Swamp Life
Animal Snaps: card game for pre-schoolers
(devised, wrote and edited)
DK Factopedia (children’s encyclopaedia): Project editor and contributor, 3 sections: The Living World, The Earth, and Transport and Communications
Children Just Like Me (multiple award winner): author and project editor , with photographer Barnabas Kindersley
DK Millennium Encyclopaedia (6-volume box set):
senior editor
London Zoo (press officer)
Zoo News (distributed to Friends of London Zoo, plus UK
media): Deputy editor and contributor
Freelance writer UK
The Early Times (national children’s newspaper, UK):
Travel column (1.5 years); Wildlife column (2 years)
