Emily Perkins is an award-winning writer from Aotearoa. Emily’s most recent novel is Lioness (Bloomsbury 2023). Her books include the Women’s Prize longlisted The Forrests, Novel About My Wife, winner of the Believer Book of the Year Award and the Montana Medal for Fiction, and the short story collection Not Her Real Name, winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.

She also writes for theatre, film and television, including the original play The Made and an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s The Doll’s House, both with Auckland Theatre Company. With director Alison Maclean she co-wrote the feature film The Rehearsal, adapted from Eleanor Catton’s novel.

Emily taught creative writing for many years and was the host of TVNZ’s books programme The Good Word. She is a member of the UK’s Folio Academy, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature.

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