Emma Neale
Emma Neale is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.
Background
Neale was born in Dunedin and grew up in Christchurch, San Diego, and Wellington. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria University of Wellington and was awarded an MA and PhD from University College London. Following her graduation she returned to New Zealand to work for Longacre Press, working for ten years as editor then senior editor.Works
Neale's first work was published in 1998 and her writing has been featured extensively in magazines, newspapers and journals, and several anthologies.Novels
Night Swimming Little Moon Double Take Relative Strangers Fosterling- ''Billy Bird''
Poetry
Sleeve-Notes How to Make a Million Spark The Truth Garden Tender Machines To the Occupant Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit- Poems included in the ''Best New Zealand Poems series''
Editorial
Neale has served as editor for:Creative Juices Best New Zealand Poems Swings and Roundabouts Manifesto Aotearoa: 101 Political PoemsIn October, 2017, Neale was appointed editor of Landfall, a literary journal published by Otago University Press.
Awards
Neale's work has been awarded and nominated for several literary prizes including:- Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry, winner for Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit
- Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize, shortlisted for Billy Bird
- Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, longlisted for Tender Machines
- Sarah Broom Poetry Prize, poetry included in the shortlist
- Sir Julius Vogel Award youth category, shortlisted for Fosterling
- Kathleen Grattan Award for poetry awarded to The Truth Garden
- Takahe Poetry Competition, first place for the poem 'Well'
- NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature