Janet Paterson Frame (1924-2004) is New Zealand's most internationally acclaimed and distinguished author. She received numerous awards, prizes, grants, fellowships and scholarships in New Zealand and abroad, including honorary doctorates from the universities of Otago and Waikato. In 1983 she was awarded a CBE for services to literature, and in 1990 was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand, the country's highest civil honour. In her lifetime Janet Frame published eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, a children's book and three volumes of autobiography. Another novel, a book of poetry, a compilation of selected stories and a non-fiction collection have since been published posthumously. The Mijo Tree is a fable written during Frame's time in Ibiza, 1956-1957. Deidre (Dee) Copeland has travelled the world working as an illustrator, teacher, photographer and painter. Major art awards, extensive media coverage, and a growing list of patrons have confirmed Deidre as one of New Zealand's top portrait painters. She illustrated the children's picture book Moon Cow by Kyle Mewburn in 2011.