Jackie Davis (writer)

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Jackie Davis
Born1963 (age 59–60)
New Plymouth, New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
NationalityNew Zealander
Alma mater Victoria University of Wellington
GenreFiction, poetry

Jackie Davis (born 1963) is a New Zealand author, poet, and playwright.

Davis was born in 1963 in New Plymouth, New Zealand and grew up in Taranaki. [1] [2] She worked as a registered nurse until 2001, when she became a professional writer. [1]

Davis graduated with an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, studying under Bill Manhire. [1]

In 2002 Davis published her first novel, Breath, [3] and her second, Swim, in 2003. [4] She was included in Graeme Lay's The New Zealand Book of the Beach 2 [5] and has been published in literary journals including the New Zealand Listener , Takahe, Metro and the Australian School Magazine. [1] Davis is also a playwright, including writing and directing Whether I Fall [6] and A Time Like This (first performed at Gisborne Unity Theatre in 2017). [7]

Davis has won the 2000 Lilian Ida Smith Award [8] and the 2005–2006 NZSA Foxton Fellowship (now Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship). [9] In 2003 she received a grant from Creative New Zealand to complete her third novel. [10] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jackie Davis". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Beach buoyed". The Listener - Noted. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Davis, Jackie (2002). Breath. Penguin Books. ISBN   9780143018032.
  4. ↑ Davis, Jackie (2003). Swim. Penguin. ISBN   9780143018568.
  5. ↑ Lay, Graeme (2008). The New Zealand Book of the Beach 2. David Ling Publishing. ISBN   9781877378249.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Natasha (6 August 2016). "Unitys Stages a triumph on a lonely". Gisborne Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "A time like this". Gisborne Herald. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients to 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Society of Authors. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship Recipients" (PDF). New Zealand Society of Authors. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. ↑ ""New voice" in dance features in Arts Grants". Scoop News. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Creative New Zealand grants July-October 2003/2004" (PDF). Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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