| Rachael King | |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Relatives: | Michael King (father) Jonathan King (brother) Rebecca Priestley (sister-in-law) |
| Language: | English |
| Alma Mater: | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Notableworks: | The Sound of Butterflies, Red Rocks |
| Awards: | NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award, Esther Glen Award |
| Website: | Official website |
Rachael King (born 1970) is an author from New Zealand.
King was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2001 she received a Master of Arts in creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington.[1]
King is a bass guitarist and has played with several bands on the Flying Nun label.
King's father is the historian and author Michael King and her brother is filmmaker Jonathan King.[2]
King has published four novels:
Short stories by King have been published in several anthologies including in Home: New Short Short Stories by New Zealand Writers[3] and Creative Juices.[4]
In 2013, King became Literary Director of the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival.[5] She was a judge for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2017.[6]
In 2007, King's first novel The Sound of Butterflies won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[7]
Her novel for children, Red Rocks, was shortlisted for the Junior Fiction category in the 2013 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards[8] and won the LIANZA Esther Glen Award.[9]
King was the 2008 Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury.[10] She has also won the 2005 Lilian Ida Smith Award.