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Language
  
English

Name
  
Stephen Daisley

Years active
  
1990-

Notable works
  
Traitor

Nationality
  
New Zealand


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Stephen Daisley is a New Zealand novelist.

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Daisley won the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for his novel Traitor and the Ockham New Zealand Book Award, 2016, for his second novel Coming Rain.

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Biography

He was born in New Zealand in 1955, and spent five years in the New Zealand army before working as a sheep herder, bush cutter, truck driver, construction worker and bartender. He now lives in Perth, Western Australia.

Awards

  • 2011 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction – Traitor
  • 2011 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Award for New Writing – Traitor
  • 2011 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction – Traitor
  • 2011 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book – Traitor
  • 2010 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction – Traitor
  • 2016 winner Ockham New Zealand Book Award — Fiction – Coming Rain with a prize of $50,000

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    Stephen Daisley Wikipedia
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