Tina Shaw

Tina Shaw (born 1961) is a New Zealand author.

Tina Shaw
Born1961 (age 61–62)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Website
Official website

Shaw was born in 1961, in Auckland, New Zealand and grew up in Matangi and Christchurch.[1]

Works

Novels published by Shaw include:

  • Birdie (1996)
  • Dreams of America (1997)
  • City of Reeds (2000)
  • Paradise (2002)
  • The Black Madonna (2005, Penguin)
  • Brenda's Planetary Holiday (2006), children's novel
  • Fluff Helps Out (Puffin, 2006), children's novel
  • Into the Hinterland (2008, Pearson Education), children's novel
  • Dogs of the Hinterland (2008, Pearson Education), children's novel
  • Koevasi (2008, Pearson Education), children's novel
  • About Griffen’s Heart (2009, Longacre), young adult novel
  • The Children's Pond (2014, Pointer Press Ltd)
  • Make a Hard Fist (2017, OneTree House)
  • Ursa (2019, Walker Books), young adult novel
  • Ephemera (2020, Cloud Ink Press)

She edited the travel writing collection, A Passion for Travel (1998) and with Jack Ross, the anthology Myths of the 21st Century (Reed, 2006).[1]

Awards

Shaw received the 1999 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship[2] and the Creative New Zealand 2001 Berlin Writers Residency.[3] She was the 2005 writer in residence at the University of Waikato.

In 2003, her story 'Coarse Fishing' was runner-up in the Sunday-Star Times Short Story Competition.[1]

About Griffen’s Heart (2009) was listed as a 2010 Notable Young Adult Fiction Book by Storylines[4] and was shortlisted in the 2010 LIANZA Children and Young Adult Book Awards.[1][5]

The Children's Pond (2014) was shortlisted for the 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel.[6]

In 2018, Shaw won the Tessa Duder Award for her manuscript Ursa. She won the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for her unpublished manuscript, A House Built on Sand, to be published by Text Publishing.[7]

References
  1. "Tina Shaw". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. "Aucklander Wins Berlin Writers' Residency". Scoop News. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "Storylines Notable Books List 2010, for books published in 2009" (PDF). Storylines. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. "LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2010". Libraries Act. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. "Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. "Shaw wins 2023 Michael Gifkins prize". Books+Publishing. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.