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Joanna Orwin has written several novels for children and young adults. She has also written the story for a children's picture book.
Short-listed four times for the Children's Book Awards, she won the Book of the Year Award in 1986 with The Guardian of the Land, and won the Senior Fiction Award in 2002 with her novel Owl. Joanna has worked as a botanist, a science editor, a freelance oral historian, and a consultant non-fiction writer for organisations such as the Forest Research Institute, Department of Conservation, Landcare Research and Te Papa.
Joanna is recognised for her accurate portrayal of Maori culture and history in her novels. She lives in Christchurch, has a grown-up family of three, and loves the outdoor life and tramping. Out of Tune, an historical novel for young adults with a parallel contempory narrative, was published in 2004. It was a finalist in the 2005 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.