Jennifer Haworth is a well-known non-fiction writer. After a career as a journalist and travel writer she moved onto longer projects particularly those associated with an industry. Her three books on the fishing industry, Hooked: The story of the New Zealand fishing industry (which she completed for the late David Johnson), Tides of Change: The story of the New Zealand Federation of Commercial Fishermen, and Swimming Upstream: How salmon farming developed in New Zealand are all highly regarded. She has also produced a major study on New Zealand’s World War II commissioned artists, The Art of War. She is also a novelist. Hobsons’ Chance, Lost Souls and The Undone Years have been well received and are currently in the hands of international agents. She is currently working on a history of the Canterbury Club in Christchurch.