Kelly Ana Morey Explained

Kelly Ana Morey
Occupation:Author
Language:English
Nationality:New Zealander
Genre:Fiction
Notableworks:Bloom, Grace is Gone
Awards:NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award

Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.

Background

Born in 1969, Morey is of Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, and Pākehā descent and grew up in Papua New Guinea.[1] [2] She received a BA in English, MA in contemporary Māori art, an MALit, and is pursuing a PhD.[3] [4] She currently lives in Kaipara.[5]

Publications

Fiction

Novels by Morey include:

Short stories and poems by Morey have been included in 100 Short, Short Stories,[6] anthologies of Māori writing by Huia Publishers, Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English,[7] and Puna Wai Korer: An Anthology of Maori Poetry in English.[8]

Non-fiction

Morey has served as an oral historian at the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum since 2002. She is the author of Service to the Sea, a non-fiction work about the Royal New Zealand Navy's history.[9]

Morey published How to Read a Book in 2005, a reflection on books that have influenced her life and writing.[10] In 2013, she documented the history of St Cuthbert's College in St Cuthbert’s College 100 Years,[11] She is also contributor to The Spinoff and the equestrian magazine Show Circuit.

Awards

Bloom won the 2004 NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[12] Grace is Gone was a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize for fiction She was the winner of the 2005 Janet Frame Award for Fiction.[13]

In 2003, Morey received the Todd Young Writers’ Bursary. In 2014 she received the Māori Writer's Residency at the Michael King Writers Centre during which time she developed her novel Daylight Second.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Kelly Ana Morey. Academy of New Zealand Literature. 24 November 2017. en-US.
  2. Web site: Kelly Ana Morey. New Zealand Book Council. 24 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Kelly Ana Morey. Penguin Books New Zealand. 24 November 2017.
  4. Morey . Kelly . 2000 . Masters thesis . Piki te ora : the location of nga poropiti in contemporary Maori art . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/2958.
  5. News: Kelly Ana Morey. The Spinoff. 24 November 2017. en-US.
  6. Book: 100 NZ Short Short Stories. Lay. Graeme . Tandem Press. 1997. 9781877178016.
  7. Book: Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English . Albert . Wendt . Albert Wendt . Reina . Whaitiri . Reina Whaitiri . Robert . Sullivan. Robert Sullivan (poet) . Auckland Univ Press. December 2002 . 9781869402730.
  8. Book: Whaitiri, Reina . Puna Wai Korero: An Anthology of Maori Poetry in English. Reina Whaitiri . Auckland University Press. 2014. 9781775587460.
  9. Book: Morey, Kelly Ana. Service from the Sea: New Zealand Naval History Told Through the Collections of the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. Viking. 2008. 9780670072408.
  10. Book: Morey, Kelly Ana. How to Read a Book. Awa Press. 2005. 9780958253895.
  11. Web site: St Cuthbert's History Book. 1 September 2014. St Cuthbert's College. 24 November 2017.
  12. Web site: Past Winners by Author. New Zealand Book Awards Trust. 24 November 2017.
  13. Web site: Janet Frame Literary Trust Awards. Janet Frame Estate. 24 November 2017.
  14. Web site: Writers in Residence. Michael King Writers Centre. 24 November 2017.

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