Emma Neale is the author of six novels, six collections of poetry and a collection of short stories. Her sixth novel, Billy Bird (2016), was shortlisted for the Acorn Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Award. Among Emma’s literary fellowships, residencies and awards is the Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for a Distinguished Contribution to New Zealand Poetry, 2020. Her novel Fosterling (Penguin Random House, 2011) is currently in script development with Sandy Lane Productions, under the title Skin. Her first collection of short stories, The Pink Jumpsuit (Quentin Wilson Publishing, 2021), was longlisted for the Acorn Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her short story, ‘Hitch’, was one of the top ten winners in the Fish International Short Story Prize 2023. The mother of two sons, Emma lives in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, Aotearoa, New Zealand, where she works as an editor.

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