Tina Shaw Explained
Tina Shaw (born 1961) is a New Zealand author.
Shaw was born in 1961, in Auckland, New Zealand and grew up in Matangi and Christchurch.[1]
Works
Novels published by Shaw include:
- Birdie (1996)
- Dreams of America (1997)
- City of Reeds (2000)
- Paradise (2002)
- The Black Madonna (2005, Penguin)
- Brenda's Planetary Holiday (2006), children's novel
- Fluff Helps Out (Puffin, 2006), children's novel
- Into the Hinterland (2008, Pearson Education), children's novel
- Dogs of the Hinterland (2008, Pearson Education), children's novel
- Koevasi (2008, Pearson Education), children's novel
- About Griffen’s Heart (2009, Longacre), young adult novel
- The Children's Pond (2014, Pointer Press Ltd)
- Make a Hard Fist (2017, OneTree House)
- Ursa (2019, Walker Books), young adult novel
- Ephemera (2020, Cloud Ink Press)
She edited the travel writing collection, A Passion for Travel (1998) and with Jack Ross, the anthology Myths of the 21st Century (Reed, 2006).
Awards
Shaw received the 1999 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship[2] and the Creative New Zealand 2001 Berlin Writers Residency.[3] She was the 2005 writer in residence at the University of Waikato.
In 2003, her story 'Coarse Fishing' was runner-up in the Sunday-Star Times Short Story Competition.
About Griffen’s Heart (2009) was listed as a 2010 Notable Young Adult Fiction Book by Storylines[4] and was shortlisted in the 2010 LIANZA Children and Young Adult Book Awards.[5]
The Children's Pond (2014) was shortlisted for the 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel.[6]
In 2018, Shaw won the Tessa Duder Award for her manuscript Ursa. She won the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for her unpublished manuscript, A House Built on Sand, to be published by Text Publishing.[7]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Tina Shaw. New Zealand Book Council. 3 December 2017.
- News: Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. 2 December 2017. en-US.
- Web site: Aucklander Wins Berlin Writers' Residency. 20 July 2001. Scoop News. 3 December 2017.
- Web site: Storylines Notable Books List 2010, for books published in 2009. Storylines. 3 December 2017.
- Web site: LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2010. 4 June 2010. Libraries Act. 3 December 2017.
- News: Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. Christchurch City Libraries. 3 December 2017. en-US.
- Web site: 2023-07-24 . Shaw wins 2023 Michael Gifkins prize . 2023-07-26 . Books+Publishing.
