When carried away on a flight of fancy, Bronwyn Elsmore might say that if she'd been gifted with a better voice, she might have chosen to be an opera singer. Sadly for her, that wasn't the case, but luckily she found she could write. A list of awards confirms that. Throughout her writing career Bronwyn has written over a wide variety of genres - articles, short stories, poetry, stage-plays, fiction and non-fiction. Since that didn't pay many bills, along the way she spent many years as an academic. Currently, though, she spends most of her writing time on fiction. When she's not writing? You might spot her feeding neighbourhood and stray cats, or possibly adding to the list of countries visited to date. And reading, of course. Bronwyn is a fifth generation New Zealander. She grew up in a small town quite like the one at the centre of Backwards Into the Future. This novel draws on the bi-racial Maori-Pakeha cultural heritage of that country.