Kelley Tantau spends each day telling the stories of others. As a New Zealand-based journalist and writer, she has enjoyed the last seven years constructing life histories, factual articles, and entertainment reviews, and has now authored her debut novel The Runaway Man. After spending her formative years writing short stories, plays, and poems, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Waikato, majoring in Writing Studies in 2016. Five months before graduating, Kelley started her career as a community print journalist, writing articles of local and national significance for one of New Zealand’s leading news agencies. She now resides in Paeroa with her husband, dog, and blind rabbit, and continues to be a community reporter for the award-winning local rag, her work for which has won her the titles of Best Senior News Journalist, at the Community Newspaper Association Awards 2023, and Joint Runner-Up for Community Journalist of the Year, at the NZ Voyager Media Awards 2023. When she’s not brainstorming story ideas on the computer or in her head, Kelley can be found yelling at the TV while watching sports, spending time with her family, and peeking at crossword clues.