Bartha Hill is a long term journalist and author, writing for both children and adults. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, and participates in the 'Writers in Schools' programme. As a journalist her work has appeared in the Otago Daily Times, DayStar, sPanz, NZ Woman's Weekly, Harvest Field & Reality. Her stories for children are in the School Journal, Choices and the Children's Christian magazine Discovery.