About the Author

SAM MAHON lives in North Canterbury in a reconstructed flour mill. It's here where he works as a sculptor, printmaker, painter and writer. He takes great delight in designing kinetic sculptures, musical instruments and miniature rockets. He's a keen pyrotechnician and a superb draughtsman. Sam is the son of the late Justice Peter Mahon, known for the Erebus Inquiry and for his book, Dear Sam, which comprises of letters to his son. Sam Mahon's fi rst book The Year of the Horse was awarded the Best First Book Award for non-fi ction in 2003.