Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968) is a novelist and poet from

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Background

Born in 1969, Morey is of

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, and

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descent and grew up in

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. She received a BA in English, MA in contemporary Māori art, an MALit, and is pursuing a PhD. She currently lives in Kaipara.

Publications

Fiction

Novels by Morey include: * ''Bloom'' (2003, Penguin) * ''Grace is Gone'' (2005, Penguin) * ''On an Island, with Consequences Dire'' (2007, Penguin) * ''Quinine'' (2010, Huia) * ''Daylight Second'' (2016, HarperCollins) Short stories and poems by Morey have been included in ''100 Short, Short Stories,'' anthologies of Māori writing by

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, ''Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English'', and ''Puna Wai Korer: An Anthology of Maori Poetry in English''.

Non-fiction

Morey has served as an oral historian at the Royal New Zealand Navy Museum since 2002. She is the author of ''Service to the Sea'', a non-fiction work about the Royal New Zealand Navy's history. Morey published ''How to Read a Book'' in 2005, a reflection on books that have influenced her life and writing. In 2013, she documented the history of St Cuthbert's College in ''St Cuthbert’s College 100 Years'', She is also contributor to ''

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'' and the equestrian magazine ''Show Circuit.''

Awards

''Bloom'' won the 2004 NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the

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. ''Grace is Gone'' was a finalist for the

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for fiction She was the winner of the 2005 Janet Frame Award for Fiction. In 2003, Morey received the Todd Young Writers’ Bursary. In 2014 she received the Māori Writer's Residency at the

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during which time she developed her novel ''Daylight Second''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morey, Kelly Ana Living people 1968 births Ngāti Kurī people Te Aupōuri people Te Rarawa people People from the Kaipara District New Zealand fiction writers New Zealand women novelists University of Auckland alumni