Alan Duff was born in 1950 and lives with his wife and four children in Havelock North, New Zealand. He is best known for his 1990 novel, Once Were Warriors, later made into a critically acclaimed feature film. He has since written two sequels, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1996) and Jake's Long Shadow (2002). He has also written a work of non-fiction; Maori: The Crisis and the Challenge.
