Tina Shaw

{{Short description|New Zealand author (born 1961)}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/shaw-tina |title=Tina Shaw|website=New Zealand Book Council|access-date=3 December 2017}}

Works

Novels published by Shaw include:

  • Birdie (1996)
  • Dreams of America (1997)
  • City of Reeds (2000)
  • Paradise (2002)
  • The Black Madonna (2005, Penguin)
  • The Children's Pond (2014, Pointer Press Ltd)
  • Make a Hard Fist (2017, OneTree House)
  • 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).

= Young adult fiction =

  • About Griffen’s Heart (2009, Longacre)
  • Ursa (2019, Walker Books)

= Children's fiction =

  • Brenda's Planetary Holiday (2006)
  • Fluff Helps Out (Puffin, 2006)
  • Into the Hinterland (2008, Pearson Education)
  • Dogs of the Hinterland (2008, Pearson Education)
  • Koevasi (2008, Pearson Education)

Awards

Shaw received the 1999 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship{{Cite news|url=http://www.grimshaw.co.nz/about-us/grimshaw-sargeson-fellowship/|title=Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship|work=Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship|access-date=2 December 2017|language=en-US}} and the Creative New Zealand 2001 Berlin Writers Residency.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0107/S00070/aucklander-wins-berlin-writers-residency.htm|title=Aucklander Wins Berlin Writers' Residency|date=20 July 2001|website=Scoop News|access-date=3 December 2017}} 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/site/storylines/files/downloads/Awards//Storylines_Notable_Books_List_2010_for_books_published_in_2009.pdf|title=Storylines Notable Books List 2010, for books published in 2009|website=Storylines|access-date=3 December 2017}} and was shortlisted in the 2010 LIANZA Children and Young Adult Book Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://librariesact.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/lianza-childrens-book-awards-2010.html|title=LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2010|date=4 June 2010|website=Libraries Act|access-date=3 December 2017}}

The Children's Pond (2014) was shortlisted for the 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel.{{Cite news|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ngaio-marsh-award-for-best-crime-novel/|title=Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel|work=Christchurch City Libraries|access-date=3 December 2017|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Shaw wins 2023 Michael Gifkins prize |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/07/24/234503/shaw-wins-2023-michael-gifkins-prize/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}

References

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