Vincent O'Sullivan is one of New Zealand's leading writers, author of the biography of John Mulgan, Long Journey to the Border, the novels Let the River Stand and Believers to the Bright Coast, and many plays and collections of short stories and poems. He is joint editor of the five-volume Letters of Katherine Mansfield, has edited a number of major anthologies, and is currently writing the authorised biography of Ralph Hotere. An Emeritus Professor of English at Victoria University, Vincent O'Sullivan is a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.