Summary
Emily Justine Perkins MNZM (born 1970 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand author.
Emily Perkins | |
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 Perkins in October 2012 | |
| Born | Emily Justine Perkins 1970 (age 53–54) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Karl Maughan[1] |
| Website | |
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Early life edit
Perkins was born in Christchurch.[2] She graduated from Toi Whakaari with a diploma in acting in 1989.[3] She also studied writing at Victoria University.[2]
Career edit
Perkins first won attention in 1996 with her first collection of stories, Not Her Real Name and Other Stories.
Perkins' novels are Leave Before You Go (Picador, 1998), The New Girl (Picador, 2001), Novel About My Wife (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008), and The Forrests (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012).
A long-time resident of London, Perkins lived in Auckland where she was employed by both the University of Auckland as a creative writing tutor and Auckland University of Technology as a lecturer. She now lives in Wellington, where she is a senior lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters.[4]
Perkins presented a television series about books called The Good Word from 2009 to 2012.[5]
Awards edit
Not Her Real Name and Other Stories was shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Award and won the Best First Book (Fiction) Award. Subsequently, it also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.[6]
Novel About My Wife won the 2009 Montana Book Awards and the Believer Book Award.
The Forrests was tipped by the Hay Festival to win the 2012 Man Booker Prize,[7] but failed to reach the long list.
Perkins was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to literature.[8]
Publications edit
- Perkins, Emily (1997). Not Her Real Name and Other Stories. Picador. ISBN 978-0330342667.
- — (1998). Leave Before You Go. Picador. ISBN 978-0330353076.
- — (2002). The New Girl. Picador. ISBN 978-0330376013.
- — (2008). Novel About My Wife. Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 1596911662.
- — (2012). The Forrests. Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 978-1608196777.
- — (2023). Lioness. Bloomsbury ISBN 978-1526660671.
References edit
- ^ Simpson, Emily (24 July 2021). "The Dirt: Lifelong interest in plants inspires painter Karl Maughan". Stuff. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Emily Perkins". Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "International Institute of Modern Letters: Emily Perkins". Victoria University.
- ^ "The Good Word, Television, 2009–2012". NZ On Screen.
- ^ Katy Guest (16 May 2008). "Emily Perkins: The benefit of distance". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Emily Perkins and Kishwar Desai talk to Gaby Wood". Hay Festival. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
External links edit
- Official website
- New Zealand Book Council biography
- 2008 interview at books site Pickle Me This
- Interview with Emily Perkins on her first play; Standing Room Only, Radio New Zealand National, 2015
