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Dame Fiona Kidman is one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers. Winner of numerous awards and fellowships for literature including a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour, Dame Fiona is renowned as one of New Zealand's foremost storytellers, having written over 30 books, including novels, short stories and poetry, and more than 60 television, film and radio scripts. She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature.

Books by Fiona Kidman

All the Way to Summer
The Book of Secrets
This Mortal Boy
Where Your Left Hand Rests
The Captive Wife
All Day at the Movies
The Infinite Air
Beside The Dark Pool
The Trouble With Fire
This Change in the Light
At the End of Darwin Road
The House Within
Songs from the Violet Cafe
The Best of Fiona Kidman's Short Stories
Preservation
Paddy's Puzzle
A Needle in the Heart
Ricochet Baby
A Breed of Women
True Stars
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"Nothing makes me happier than sitting at my desk in our home perched above the magnificent Wellington landscape while stories come to life on the page." Fiona Kidman, fionakidman.com
"We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her..." New Zealand Books
"In her craft and her storytelling and in her compassionate gutsy tough expression of female experience, she is the best we have." New Zealand Listener

Awards & Recognition

  • DNZM

    Awarded • 1998 • Dame

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