Anna Mackenzie (writer)

Anna Mackenzie was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand on 22 April 1963. She was a keen reader and wrote her first collection of stories aged 7. She started writing for children when running reading groups at her own children’s school. Later she worked in publishing and spent some time overseas in a variety of jobs ranging from nannying in London to hiring out fishing boats on the West Coast of Scotland. As well as writing, she edits magazines, mentors aspiring writers and teaches creative writing and speaks at schools and literary festivals. She has appeared at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival in 2010, Writers Week at the New Zealand Festival in Wellington in 2016, the Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Festival in 2013 and 2018, and she was a speaker, panellist and Chair in several sessions of the NZSA National Writers Forum in 2018. == Awards and residencies  ==

Her nine novels have been recognised with an NZ Post Honour Award, Sir Julius Vogel Award, iBooks ‘Top Five’ and Storylines Notable Book Awards. the Australia and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London. == Bibliography ==