Rachael King Explained

Rachael King
Birth Place:Hamilton, New Zealand
Relatives:Michael King (father)
Jonathan King (brother)
Rebecca Priestley (sister-in-law)
Language:English
Alma Mater:Victoria University of Wellington
Notableworks:The Sound of Butterflies, Red Rocks
Awards:NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award, Esther Glen Award
Website:Official website

Rachael King (born 1970) is an author from New Zealand.

Background

King was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2001 she received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington.[1]

King is a bass guitarist and has played with several bands on the Flying Nun label.

King's father is the historian and author Michael King and her brother is filmmaker Jonathan King.[2]

Works

King has published four novels:

Short stories by King have been published in several anthologies including in Home: New Short Short Stories by New Zealand Writers[3] and Creative Juices.[4]

In 2013, King became Literary Director of the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival.[5] She was a judge for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2017.[6]

Awards

In 2007, King's first novel The Sound of Butterflies won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[7]

Her novel for children, Red Rocks, was shortlisted for the Junior Fiction category in the 2013 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards[8] and won the LIANZA Esther Glen Award.[9]

King was the 2008 Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury.[10] She has also won the 2005 Lilian Ida Smith Award.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rachael King. New Zealand Book Council. 23 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Biography. Michael King writers Centre. 23 November 2017.
  3. Book: Home: New Short Short Stories by New Zealand Writers. Lay. Graeme. Stratford. Stephen. Random House. 2005. 9781869417413.
  4. Book: Creative Juices. Neale. Emma . HarperCollins. 2002. 9781869504106.
  5. Web site: National portrait: Rachael King, literary director. Matthews. Philip. 9 July 2016. The Press. 23 November 2017.
  6. Web site: 2017 Awards Judges. New Zealand Book Awards Trust. 23 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Past Winners by Author. New Zealand Book Awards Trust. 23 November 2017.
  8. News: New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards – finalists announced. Creative New Zealand. 23 November 2017. en.
  9. News: LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award. Christchurch City Libraries. 23 November 2017. en-US.
  10. Web site: Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing. The University of Canterbury. en-nz. 23 November 2017.