Bee Dawson is a Wellington author, columnist, public speaker and historian. She has published twenty books of New Zealand social history, including A History of Gardening in New Zealand and Lady Painters: the Flower Painters of Early New Zealand. A keen gardener, Bee is an associate member of the New Zealand Gardens Trust and a past recipient of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture's Garden History Award. Chris Coad is a commercial photographer based in Wellington whose awards include a New Zealand Film and Television award for his work on Forgotten Silver and Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year.