Lynn McConnell completed a Master of Arts in History in 2017 after a lifetime in newspaper and digital journalism. He has 25 books to his credit. These include: Something to Crow About (the centennial history of Southland rugby), Galatas 1941: Courage in Vain, Behind the Silver Fern (two editions), Chats (The autobiography of Ewen Chatfield), Living the Dream (The autobiography of Mils Muliaina), McKechnie, Double All Black (the autobiography of Brian McKechnie and Grand Larseny (the 1999 World Cup Cricket diary of Gavin Larsen.