Peter Friend (author)

Peter Friend is a New Zealand born science fiction writer who won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for fiction three times. His stories have been published in Asimov's Science Fiction, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and elsewhere.
The stories he has won awards for are:

"The Good Earth"
"The Alchemist" - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #8 which tied for first with “A Plea for Help” - by Kevin G Maclean
"The Real Deal" published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 2005
He also had a story shortlisted for the 2005 Sir Julius Vogel Award: "The Christmas Tree" - published in ''Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine''

Short films

Peter has also won both the Hobbyist Category and Overall prizes at the 2007 Moviefest short film competition, for a 5-minute animated film entitled 'Monocular'.