Barbara Else Photo: Caroline Davies
Author Barbara Else's new work is Go Girl; a Storybook of Epic NZ Women, a collection of true stories about New Zealand women who have done extraordinary things.
She's also a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and in 2016 was awarded the Margaret Mahy Medal for her contributions to children's literature.
Outside of being a writer she spends her time as a literary agent, an editor and a fiction consultant.
