Emily Perkins (novelist)
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Emily Perkins is a New Zealand
author.
Perkins first won attention in 1996 with her first collection of stories, Not Her Real Name and Other Stories. It was shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Award, won the Best First Book (Fiction) Award and subsequently won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
.
Perkins' novels are Leave Before You Go (Picador
, 1998) and The New Girl (Picador, 2001) and Novel About My Wife (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008). The New Girl was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
. Perkins' 2008 novel Novel About My Wife won the 2009 Montana Book Awards. The book was considered amazing and truthful by the jury. Perkins said it was one of her best books and was very close to her heart. She told Radio New Zealand National's Morning Report programme that the award meant a lot to her. The novel also won the Believer Book Award
.
A longtime resident of London
, Perkins now lives in Auckland
where she is currently employed by both The University of Auckland as a creative writing tutor and AUT University as a lecturer.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
author.
Perkins first won attention in 1996 with her first collection of stories, Not Her Real Name and Other Stories. It was shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Award, won the Best First Book (Fiction) Award and subsequently won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman publisher Faber & Faber...
.
Perkins' novels are Leave Before You Go (Picador
Picador (imprint)
Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group....
, 1998) and The New Girl (Picador, 2001) and Novel About My Wife (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008). The New Girl was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom...
. Perkins' 2008 novel Novel About My Wife won the 2009 Montana Book Awards. The book was considered amazing and truthful by the jury. Perkins said it was one of her best books and was very close to her heart. She told Radio New Zealand National's Morning Report programme that the award meant a lot to her. The novel also won the Believer Book Award
Believer Book Award
Believer Book Award is an American literary award presented yearly by The Believer magazine to novels and story collections the magazine's editors thought were the "strongest and most under-appreciated" of the year. A shortlist and longlist are announced, along with reader's favorites, then a final...
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A longtime resident of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Perkins now lives in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
where she is currently employed by both The University of Auckland as a creative writing tutor and AUT University as a lecturer.