Owen Marshall

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Owen Marshall Jones CNZM (born 17 August 1941), who writes under the pen name Owen Marshall, is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.

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Early life and family

Marshall was born in Te Kūiti on 17 August 1941. [1] He was the third of nine children; his father was a Methodist minister, and his mother (whose maiden name was Marshall) died when he was two. His father remarried about three years later and went on to have a further six children. The family lived in Blenheim and Timaru, and Marshall was educated at Timaru Boys' High School. He graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Master of Arts degree in English in 1964, and taught at Waitaki Boys' High School for 25 years before becoming a full-time author. [2]

Marshall is the older half-brother of Rhys Jones. [3]

Awards and honours

In 1985 and 1988, Marshall received the Lilian Ida Smith Award (Fiction). [4] In the 2000 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature, [5] and in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, he was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to literature. [6] In 2013, he was the winner of the fiction section of the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement [7]

Works

Two of Marshall's short stories have been turned into feature films. Coming Home in the Dark (2021) is a psychological thriller directed by James Ashcroft. [8] Horror film, The Rule of Jenny Pen , also directed by Ashcroft, was released in 2024. [9]

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References

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