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Tina Shaw
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Website
Official website

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

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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.
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