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Emily Perkins


New Zealand (b.1970)

Acclaimed New Zealand author Emily Perkins will join AUT University's School of Languages this year to teach two new creative writing papers in the Bachelor of Arts English Studies major.

Emily, the 2006 Buddle Findlay Sargeson fellow and author of Not Her Real Name and Other Stories says the papers are ideal for people who already write creatively and are ready to commit themselves to exploring their writing further.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Leave Before You Go (1998)
   The New Girl (2001)
   Novel about My Wife (2008)
   The Forrests (2012)
   Lioness (2023)
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Collections
   Not Her Real Name (1996)
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Emily Perkins recommends
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Bird Life (2023)
Anna Smaill
"Bird Life is an astonishing book about grief, beauty, and survival ... the writing enters your bloodstream like a strange and wonderful drug."

Awards
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2013) : The Forrests


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