Heather Haylock

Heather Haylock is an author based in Auckland. She has an academic background in geography, natural hazards and disasters, climate change and environmental planning. She has worked as a town planner and an environmental resource management planner. More recently, she spent over ten years working as a literacy teaching assistant in a Papatoetoe primary school. Heather writes fiction and non-fiction and is the author of the award-winning Granny McFlitter picture book series. Her recent story, Koro Wētā, blends fiction and non-fiction. Heather talks to students about her writing at school visits including some in different parts of the country as part of the Storylines National Story Tours. She lives in a 100 year old house with her husband and two nearly-grown-up children. For more information, visit her website: www.heatherhaylock.nz