Sally Blundell is a freelance journalist and writer in Christchurch, New Zealand. She completed a PhD in 2009 from the University of Canterbury on responses to trauma in contemporary literature. More recently she has edited two books on contemporary art and has recently finished a history of Trade Aid, New Zealand's only homegrown fair trade organization and a member of the World Fair Trade Organization. Over the last decade she has also conducted research and interviews for Trade Aid on trade-related issues.