Ron Crosby burst onto the New Zealand book scene in 1999 with his ground-breaking The Musket Wars (still in print through Oratia Books), and has followed that with a range of other titles including NZSAS: The First Fifty Years. Formerly a barrister specialising in resource management and iwi claims, Ron was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2011. He lives in Blenheim (see www.roncrosby.co.nz).