Sarah Shieff teaches in the English Programme at the University of Waikato. Her books include Talking Music: Conversations with New Zealand Musicians (2002) and scholarly editions of the letters of Frank Sargeson (2012) and Denis Glover (2020). Sarah edited the Journal of New Zealand Literature, 2005–2015. Her current project, an edition of the letters of Allen Curnow, is supported by a grant from the Friends of the Turnbull Library.