Nick Ascroft
Nick Ascroft is the author of four collections of poetry; his latest, Moral Sloth, is published in November 2019 by Victoria University Press. He also plays competitive Scrabble. Nick was born in Oamaru in 1973. - Spinoff
Genre:
Poetry
Anne Ashby
Genre:
Romance
Who am I and where did I come from?
Nah, sorry, this isn’t about the birds and the bees or the evolution of the human race. It’s just a big hello and welcome from me. I grew up in the tiny town of Colac Bay, in New Zealand’s most beautiful province, Southland. Books and my widowed mother’s storytelling filled a huge part of our family life when I was young, mainly because it felt like we were the last family in New Zealand to get a television set. I guess I’m a chip of the ole block. - Anne Ashby
Jackie Ashenden
Genre:
Romance
Jackie writes dark, emotional stories with alpha heroes who've just got the world to their liking only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines.
She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and two kids. When she's not torturing alpha males and their gutsy heroines, she can be found drinking chocolate martinis, reading anything she can lay her hands on, wasting time on social media, or being forced to go mountain biking with her husband. - Harpercollins
Coral Atkinson
Genre:
Historical Romance
Coral Atkinson is a fiction writer. She has written novels and her short fiction has appeared in a range of publications in New Zealand and Ireland. Her first book, The Love Apple (2005), was a bestseller. Atkinson says, ‘I have forged a style in my writing that draws on two traditions – New Zealand and Ireland.’ Her second novel, The Paua Tower, was published in 2006, with Siobhan Harvey commenting, ‘Atkinson’s latest is overflowing with all the attributes necessary for a hit’. - Book Council
Derin Attwood
Genre:
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Derin is a full-time writer. In her spare time she enjoys reading and spending time with other writers, encouraging them to write and publish. She hosts an alternate Friday group to talk about and encourage writing.Her most successful works are her books The Total Bearers Series. The Caves of Kirym was independently published in 2010 and book 2, The Fortress of Faltryn published with publisher BigWords-Books in November 2013. - NZSA
Kitrina Aubrey
Genre:
Poetry
Tusiata Avia
Genre:
Poetry
Avia was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father is Samoan and her mother is Palangi (New Zealand European). Avia graduated from the University of Canterbury and in 2002 received an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. - Wikipedia
T. G. Ayer
Genre:
Fantasy
Science Fiction
I have been a writer from the time I was old enough to recognise that reading was a doorway into my imagination. Poetry was my first foray into the art of the written word. Books were my best friends, my escape, my haven. I am essentially a recluse but this part of my personality is impossible to practise given that I have two teenage daughters, who are actually my friends, my tea-makers, my confidantes… I am blessed with a husband who has left me for golf. It’s a fair trade as I have left him for writing. We are both passionate supporters of each others loves – it works wonderfully…
My heart is currently broken in two. One half resides in South Africa where my old roots still remain, and my heart still longs for the endless beaches and the smell of moist soil after a summer downpour. My love for Ma Afrika will never fade. The other half of me has been transplanted to the Land of the Long White Cloud. The land of the Taniwha, beautiful Maraes, and volcanoes. The land of green, pure beauty that truly inspires. And because I am so torn between these two lands – I shall forever remain crosseyed. - T. G. Ayer