Barbara Sumner is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her back catalogue of achievements includes producing three highly acclaimed feature documentaries, a career in journalism, event production, television, bringing up five daughters and being accepted into a Masters program at the tender age of 60. Barbara lives with her husband Tom Burstyn in Hawke’s Bay with a curmudgeonly cat. She spends her time reading, writing, walking, and corrupting her grandchildren with wild ideas about life, love, and imagination.