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Stephen Daisley

スチーブン・デイズリー

Sutībun Deizurī

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1955 (Hastings, New Zealand)
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Hastings, New Zealand → Perth, Australia

Career

Occupations
novelist, sheep herder, bush cutter, truck driver, construction worker, bartender, New Zealand army
Active Years
1990-2024
Nominations
2011 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction shortlist – Traitor, 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize Southeast Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book shortlist – Traitor, 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction shortlist – Traitor, 2024 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist – A Better Place

Education

Murdoch University
Country: Australia
undergraduate studies
University of Western Australia
Country: Australia
postgraduate studies

Awards

Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2011
Work: Traitor
Category: Fiction
Result: winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2011
Work: Traitor
Category: UTS Award for New Writing
Result: winner
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
2016
Work: Coming Rain
Category: Fiction
Result: winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2024
Work: A Better Place
Category: Premier's Prize for Book of the Year
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Traitor

2010 Novel

Coming Rain

2015 Novel

A Better Place

2023 Novel

Bibliography

  • Traitor (2010)
  • Coming Rain (2015)
  • A Better Place (2023)

Legacy

A New Zealand novelist who has won several major literary awards and gained recognition.