Steph Matuku (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga) is an award-winning author of stories for young people. As well as short stories, plays and articles, she has written five books: ‘Flight of the Fantail’ and ‘Falling Into Rarohenga’ for young adults, the junior fiction series, ‘Whetū Toa’, and picture book, ‘The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke’, all published by Huia Publishers.
Two of her books have been translated into te reo Māori, two were finalists in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and four were Storylines Notable Books.
Steph’s screen credits include ‘Mystic’, ‘Under The Vines’ and ‘Shortland Street’.
She has three more books due out this year, and is currently working on a novel for young adults about the indigenous response to climate change.

Steph is the mother of two, and lives in Taranaki.

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