Rachael King | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Hamilton, New Zealand |
Language | English |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Notable works | The Sound of Butterflies, Red Rocks |
Notable awards | NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award, Esther Glen Award |
Relatives |
Michael King (father) Jonathan King (brother) Rebecca Priestley (sister-in-law) |
Website | |
Official website |
Rachael King (born 1970) is an author from New Zealand.
King was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2001 she received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington. [1]
King is a bass guitarist and has played with several bands on the Flying Nun label. [1] [2]
King's father is the historian and author Michael King and her brother is filmmaker Jonathan King. [3]
King has published three novels:
Short stories by King have been published in several anthologies including in Home: New Short Short Stories by New Zealand Writers [4] and Creative Juices. [5]
In 2013, King became Literary Director of the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival. [1] [2] She was a judge for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2017. [6]
In 2007, King's first novel The Sound of Butterflies won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [7]
Her novel for children, Red Rocks, was shortlisted for the Junior Fiction category in the 2013 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards [8] and won the LIANZA Esther Glen Award. [9]
King was the 2008 Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury. [10] She has also won the 2005 Lilian Ida Smith Award. [1]
Rachael King | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Hamilton, New Zealand |
Language | English |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Notable works | The Sound of Butterflies, Red Rocks |
Notable awards | NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award, Esther Glen Award |
Relatives |
Michael King (father) Jonathan King (brother) Rebecca Priestley (sister-in-law) |
Website | |
Official website |
Rachael King (born 1970) is an author from New Zealand.
King was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2001 she received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington. [1]
King is a bass guitarist and has played with several bands on the Flying Nun label. [1] [2]
King's father is the historian and author Michael King and her brother is filmmaker Jonathan King. [3]
King has published three novels:
Short stories by King have been published in several anthologies including in Home: New Short Short Stories by New Zealand Writers [4] and Creative Juices. [5]
In 2013, King became Literary Director of the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival. [1] [2] She was a judge for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2017. [6]
In 2007, King's first novel The Sound of Butterflies won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [7]
Her novel for children, Red Rocks, was shortlisted for the Junior Fiction category in the 2013 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards [8] and won the LIANZA Esther Glen Award. [9]
King was the 2008 Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury. [10] She has also won the 2005 Lilian Ida Smith Award. [1]