Sally Blundell, a journalist and writer in Christchurch, has a PhD in English literature from the University of Canterbury. She has been books and culture editor for the New Zealand Listener and was a fiction judge for the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her essay contributions include 'Not Listening: Changing Conversations in the Wake of the Mosque Shootings' (Public Knowledge, ed. Emma Johnson, 2019) and 'Reoccupying Christchurch' (Extraordinary Anywhere, ed. Ingrid Horrocks and Cherie Lacey, 2016).