Photo: cover illustration is by Jenny Cooper, and the book design is by Quentin Wilson.
A decision to leave New York behind to settle on Stewart Island, has helped to provide the inspiration for Jessica Howland Kany's first book.
After graduating from the University in Missouri and living and working in the US, she's called Stewart Island home since 2002.
Island life has resulted in a variety of jobs including working at the pub, the post office and helping out her fisherman husband.
But, writing has been a mainstay and Jessica's work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Running Time, NZ Geographic, Wilderness Magazine and North and South.
