Emma Neale | |
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 Emma Neale, reading poetry in Dunedin in March 2016 | |
| Born | 2 January 1969 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington University College London |
| Genre | Fiction, poetry |
Emma Neale (born 2 January 1969) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.
Neale was born in Dunedin and grew up in Christchurch, San Diego, and Wellington. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria University of Wellington[1] and was awarded an MA and PhD from University College London. Following her graduation she returned to New Zealand to work for Longacre Press, working for ten years as editor then senior editor.[2]
Neale's first work was published in 1998 and her writing has been featured extensively in magazines, newspapers and journals, and several anthologies.[3][2]
Neale has served as editor for:
In October, 2017, Neale was appointed editor of Landfall, a literary journal published by Otago University Press.[4]
Neale's work has been awarded and nominated for several literary prizes including:
In 2012 she was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship, a literary residency at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[7] She has also been awarded the Todd/Creative New Zealand New Writers Bursary (2000), the Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship (2014), and was a University of Otago/Sir James Wallace Pah Homestead Fellow.[2][3][5]
