nrietta Bollinger (they/them) is a Pākehā writer and activist (a troublemaker for good reasons), born and based in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington.

They live in a house with another disabled artist and a cat with a very short tail. They come from a family who tell stories in lots of different ways. The other story they wrote for young people was published in the School Journal and is called “Discovering George”. That story is about their Great-Great uncle George and the diary he kept while fighting in World War One.

Etta writes plays, poetry, and stories about real life, like the one in this book.

They first learned to write by reading and writing with other people: their family and their babysitters. You can find some of these people in other Annuals. These were people like their sister Sally, who wrote “Parsley Magic”, and their friend Kirsten, who wrote “A Box of Birds”.

These stories were either untrue or mostly true (with some made up bits to keep them interesting.)

At the moment, they are writing their first book for adults about being disabled. It is called Articulations.