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Blair Polly
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Blair Polly immigrated with his family from the USA to New Zealand in his teens and now lives in Wellington. - Writer's Plot
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JP Pomare
J.P has always been drawn to the dark. He grew up on a horse-racing farm in small town New Zealand with two brothers, a sister, two cats and two border collies.
A.J. Ponder
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D M Potter
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Genre:
Fantasy
Beaulah Pragg
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Beaulah works for Christchurch City Libraries, as well as teaching creative writing and independent publishing. She is a founding member of the Christchurch Writers’ Guild, a free and accessible space for new writers to find encouragement and support. Her novel, The Silver Hawk is the first in a science fiction / fantasy trilogy for young adults. - Beaulah Pragg
Genre:
Romance
Felicity Price
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Felicity Price is an author of fiction and non-fiction, a communications consultant and former journalist. Her eight novels, which include the best-selling Penny Rushmore trilogy, are varied in style, covering historical fiction, family sagas and entertaining social commentary. Her first non-fiction book, described as a “stunner”, was the biographyDare to Dream: the John Britten Story. In 2009, Price was awarded the ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) in recognition of her services to business and the arts. - Book Council
Val Prozorova
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Vel is a transgender writer based in New Zealand, who makes a habit of challenging gender stereotypes and bringing queer lives to the forefront of his writing. Outside of his work, Vel is studying to be a dog trainer, and on the weekends fights his cat for keyboard rights. - Val Prozorova
Warwick Pudney
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Elizabeth Pulford
Katie Pye
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I am a New Zealand-based author with a daft sense of humor. I have an uncanny ability to make anything rhyme, probably because my mother is also a children’s book author and rhymed me through my childhood!
Genre:
Science fiction
Dan Rabarts
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Rabarts, Dan (1977–) gained a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film from Victoria University of Wellington in 1997, and proceeded to work in the lighting sector of the film industry. At the same time, Rabarts has possessed a compulsion for writing from an early age, and self-published his first work in 2009. Rabarts has a leaning towards the darker genres and identifies his work as speculative fiction, a genre which merges science fiction and horror elements to explore possible realities. - Book Council
J Rackham
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J (Jennifer) Rackham is a fantasy fiction writer and illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and an adorable cat.
Paulette Rae
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Paulette was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. At the age of nine her parents moved to the Kenepuru Sound, where she attended a small rural school.
He writes strange worlds that people want to live in. He himself lives in Auckland, New Zealand - the setting of his Auckland Allies contemporary urban fantasy series - and also in his head, where the weather is better and there are a lot more wizards.
Genre:
Speculative fiction
Paranormal
Fantasy
Contemporary
Urban Fantasy
Mike Reeves-McMillan
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Genre:
Romance
Annie Rehmann
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Annie loves coffee with a mother lode of milkfroth on top, she loves the scent of the native bush that surrounds her home in the hills in South Canterbury/New Zealand, and anything Italian, especially the food and the language, will delight her. - Annie Rehmann
Loki Renard
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Gareth Renowden
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Gareth Renowden is a writer, photographer and truffle grower based in the Waipara Valley. During a 30 year career in journalism and magazine publishing in the UK and NZ he has worked as a journalist, editor, photographer, publisher and consultant. Since arriving in NZ in the mid-90s with his Christchurch born wife Camille and their two children, he has written four books and contributed articles to many magazines and newspapers, including NZ Geographic and Growing Today. - Gareth Renowden
J.B. Reynolds
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After that, I spent years continuing to dream of writing while I travelled and worked various jobs in New Zealand, Canada and Australia, before returning to my home town of Whangarei in Northland, New Zealand, to raise children and chickens. - J. B. Reynolds
Jess Richards
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I recently moved to the fascinating city: Wellington, New Zealand where I completed my third novel. City of Circles was published by Sceptre in August 2017 and was shortlisted for the Kitschies Awards (novel category) in 2018. - Jess Richards
Lila Richards
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Hi there! I'm Lila Richards, author of dark fantasy with Bluewood Publishing, and sub-editor with the New Zealand Meteorological Service. I live in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, where I share my home with my cats, Poppy and Jeeves. When I'm not writing or working, I read eclectically, sew and embroider, dote on my five beautiful grandchildren, and collect things, my current favourites being owls, vintage paraphernalia and old books. - Lila Richards
Isa Pearl Ritchie
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Isa Pearl Ritchie is a Wellington-based writer. She grew up in the Waikato as a Pākehā child in a bicultural family and Māori was her first written language. She has completed a PhD on food sovereignty in Aotearoa. She is passionate about food, wellbeing and social justice. Her second novel, Fishing for Māui, will be published in July 2018. - Pantograph Punch
David Riley
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David Riley is a children’s writer, teacher, playwright, reading advocate, youth mentor and educational specialist. Publishing his books through Reading Warrior, David aims to get reluctant readers reading by providing exciting books about Kiwi and Pacific Island heroes, sporting stars, and inspirational cultural icons. An award-winning author, David won the non-fiction Storylines Notable Books Award in 2016 for two of his publications, Jammin’ with Steven Adams and Samoan Heroes. - Book Council
Michelle Rhodes
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Tammy Robinson
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Bev Robitai
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Sabre Rose
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Living in the deep south of New Zealand, she enjoys reading and binge-watching television programmes. Occasionally she does other things such as housework. - Sabre Rose
Genre:
Historical
Joan Rosier-Jones
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Joan Rosier-Jones (27 December 1940 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a novelist, playwright, short story writer and nonfiction writer, and teacher. She completed a Teacher's- A Certificate in Christchurch Teacher's College in 1958–59 and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History and English. - Wikipedia
T. K. Roxborogh
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Tania Kelly Roxborogh (born 1 September 1965) is a New Zealand author who currently lives in Lincoln, Canterbury. She is the author of over 25 books, including Third Degree, Twenty Minute Shakespeare, and Fat Like Me and The Banquo's Son Trilogy. She also teaches English at the local high school. - Wikipedia
James Russell
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James Russell is a bestselling children’s writer. The author of the self-published Dragon Brothers trilogy: The Dragon Hunters (2012), The Dragon Tamers (2013) and The Dragon Riders (2014), Russell has also published three Dragon Defenders books. An innovator and augmented reality (AR) enthusiastic, Russell’s publications use AR technology to bring three-dimensional ‘magic’ to his books. He lives in Auckland with his family. - Book Council
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