CHRISTINE LEUNENS is the author of Primordial Soup, described by The Sunday Times as ‘a remarkable debut novel’; A Can of Sunshine, selected as one of the Best Books of the Year 2013 by the New Zealand Herald; and Prix Médicis-nominated Caging Skies, which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film Jojo Rabbit. Christine’s novels have been translated into over twenty languages. She lives in Nelson with her family and is working on her next novel.