'Professor Margaret McAllister (CMHN, RN, BA, MEd, EdD) is Professor of Nursing at Central Queensland University, in Noosa, Australia. Her research and teaching focus includes narratives of health and wellbeing, mental health promotion, and transformative learning. She has co-authored several books focused on narrative in nursing: The Clinical Helper (2013), Stories in Mental Health (2013), The Resilient Nurse (2011) and Solution Focused Nursing (2007).' (TEXT Special Issue No 38 website)