I’m the author of short story collections Hailman (2021) and First fox (2017) published by The Emma Press.
My fiction appears in Best Small Fictions, Landfall, Lost Balloon, NZ Poetry Shelf, ReadingRoom, Short Fiction Journal, takahē, Turbine|Kapohau, and elsewhere.
I’ve received the Lilian Ida Smith Award and won the Graeme Lay Short Story Competition. My stories have been recognised by the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction, the Sargeson Prize, the Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize, the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition, and the takahē Matariki Short Story Celebration.
I hold a Master of Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from AUT Auckland University of Technology Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau.
I was born and raised in Kirikiriroa and now live in Tāmaki Makaurau. My ancestors are from the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, England and Scotland. Instagram Twitter
Reviews and Interviews
Paula Green, NZ Poetry Shelf Hailman Review
Lucy Writers Platform Hailman Review
Lucy Writers Platform Interview
Radio New Zealand, Standing Room Only Hailman Interview
takahē magazine Hailman Review
Radio New Zealand, Standing Room Only First fox Interview