Yvonne Kalman - Yvonne Kalman author of the blockbuster trilogy The Greenstone Land, was born in Hawera and taught for fifteen years before becoming a full time writer in the later 1970s. Her first book was a childrens animal story, Sparkles (1979), followed by Summer Rain (1980) and Midas (1983), torrid romances released only on the American mass market. She achieved international recognition when she broke into the American blockbuster market with The Greenstone Land (1981), the first of a trilogy of three historical romances set in colonial Auckland. The other two volumes in the saga were Juliettes Daughter (1982) and Riversong (1985). Bridge to Nowhere appeared in 1986, and then two further historical romances set in colonial Canterbury: Mists of Hea Yvonne Kalman author of the blockbuster trilogy The...
