ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tim Upperton has published poetry and fiction in Agni (US), Bravado, Dreamcatcher(UK), Landfall, NZ Listener, North & South, Sport, and Takahe. He is a former poetry editor for Bravado, and judged its poetry competition in 2008. His first poetry collection, Like Smoke, will be published by Steele Roberts in 2009. Tim teaches creative writing and travel writing at Massey University, and also runs after his four kids, who sometimes appear in his poems.