Mikaela Nyman is a Kiwi-Finn, born on the autonomous, demilitarised Åland Islands. Four years in Vanuatu, a sister's death, and a cyclone (TC Pam 2015) changed her life. Her PhD research focused on creative writing, rhetorical alliance, and Ni-Vanuatu women's voices. Her first novel, Sado (VUP, 2020), is set in Vanuatu. Her first poetry collection, När vändkrets läggs mot vändkrets, nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2020, links the Åland Islands, Vanuatu, and New Zealand. Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen's poetry and short stories have been exhibited and read in public in Port Vila. A collaborative poem with Mikaela Nyman in NZ literary journal Sport 47 was her first published piece. In 2020 she had poems published in Sista, the collection Voes (Alliance Française), and the poetry anthology Rising Tides (South Pacific Community). She is one of the authors and editors of Vanuatu's first non-fiction book for children, Taf Tumas: Different journeys, one people (2020). She lives in Port Vila with her husband, sons, and daughter.