The author, ROGER MANN, has been a gardening writer for 20 years, including 10 years as gardening editor of the Australian Family Circle and eight as a regular contributor to Your Garden. He has written or co-written over 25 books on various gardening topics, including the best-selling Yates Roses (HarperCollins, 2002: 15 522). One of the photographers, Paul Barden, lives in Seattle and his hobby is breeding roses. The other photographer, Yvonne Arnold, lives in the Adelaide Hills where she has made one of Australia's finest rose gardens.