I live in Christchurch, New Zealand and am a novelist, poet, interviewer and lover of story.
I am represented by Robin Rue of Writers House Literary Agency in New York
— is now published in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
— is now published in France;
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— won the Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer in June 2012.
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Jacket art by Antonio Javier Caparo |
Cover photo illustration: Silas Manhood
Design: Duncan - LBBG; - UK/AU/NZ cover |
Jacket art by Greg Bridges - USA cover
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Available in Paperback |
The Wall of Night Series
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Thornspell is my first novel and is published by Knopf (Random House Children's Books, USA). It won the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2009 for Best Novel: Young Adult and was a Storylines Childrens' Literature Trust Notable Book 2009. |
The Heir of Night (2010 USA & UK/AU/NZ) is the first in the 4-book, The Wall of Night epic fantasy series and is published by Harper Voyager (USA), Orbit (Australia, New Zealand, the UK and France) and Luitingh (The Netherlands.) Forthcoming in Germany 2013. |
The Gathering of the Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two is now published in the USA, UK, Australia & New Zealand. Forthcoming in France in 2013, & Germany in 2014. |