Beryl Joan Fletcher (31 May 1938 – 21 February 2018)^[1][2] was a New Zealand feminist novelist. Her first novel, The Word Burners won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book, Asia/Pacific region.^[3]

She graduated from the University of Waikato with a master's degree in Sociology in 1979.^[3] She was resident at the University of Iowa, International Writing Program.^[3] In 1999, she was Writer in Residence at Waikato University. In 2005, she was a Ledig House International Writers’ Resident.^[4] In 2006, she was Writer in Residence at the Randell Cottage.^[5]

Works

• The Word Burners. Daphne Brasell Associates Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-908896-03-5.; Spinifex Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-876756-23-9
• The Iron Mouth. Spinifex Press. 1993. ISBN 978-1-875559-22-0.
• The Silicon Tongue. Spinifex Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-875559-49-7.
• The Bloodwood Clan. Spinifex Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-875559-80-0.
• Juno and Hannah. Spinifex Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-74219-875-0

Memoir

• The House at Karamu. Spinifex Press. 2004. ISBN 978-1-876756-35-2.