Jessica Hansell is a writer, multimedia artist and musician from Auckland, known by many as Coco Solid.
She is the creator of cult Māori cartoon Aroha Bridge with screenwriting credits on Wellington Paranormal and is a long-time member of Taika Waititi's Piki Films.
Jess was named the Fulbright Creative New Zealand Pacific writer in residence in 2018, studying at the University of Hawai'i, where she started writing How To Loiter In A Turf War - her first novel which was released this week - ‘How to loiter in a Turf War’.