PAUL LITTLE is one of New Zealand’s most experienced writers and editors. He has been editor of Metro, The New Zealand Listener and FQMen magazines. He is the author of three best-selling biographies, Arrested Development: The Aaron Cohen Story and Hayley Westenra: The World at Her Feet.

His most recent book is Willie Apiata, VC – The Reluctant Hero which broke all sales records in 2008.

Both the Listener and Metro won the Qantas Media Award for Best News-Stand Publication under his editorship. He is a past winner of the Qantas Media Award for Best Editorial Writer and has been a finalist in numerous other categories.

His television credits include The Billy T James Show and Living the Dream, and as a writer for radio he won the Mobil Award for Best Entertainment programme for The B Side.

He has an MA (1st Class Honours) in English from Auckland University, where he won the English Prize.

He is a columnist for North and South, The Australian Women’s Weekly and Kia Ora magazines. He also appears regularly as a commentator on Newstalk ZB’s Kerre’s Cafe and reviews books on that network’s Paul Holmes Saturday Morning.