Stephen Daisley (born 1955) is a New Zealand novelist.
Biography
Daisley was born in
Hastings, New Zealand
Hastings (; , ) is an inland city of New Zealand and is one of the two major urban areas of New Zealand, urban areas in Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island. The population of Hastings (including Flaxmere) is ...
, and spent five years in the New Zealand army before working as a
sheep herder, bush cutter, truck driver, construction worker and bartender.
After marrying in New Zealand, he moved to Western Australia, attending
Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its ...
and then the
University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...
for postgraduate studies. He now lives in
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
with his wife and five children.
[
Daisley won the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for his novel ''Traitor'' and the Ockham New Zealand Book Award, 2016, for his second novel ''Coming Rain.'']
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Traitor
Treason is the crime of attacking a state (polity), state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to Coup d'état, overthrow its government, spy ...
'' (2010)
* ''Coming Rain'' (2015)
* ''A Better Place'' (2023)
Awards
* 2011 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts.[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...]
— UTS Award for New Writing – ''Traitor''
* 2011 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction – ''Traitor''
* 2011 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize
Commonwealth Foundation has presented a number of prizes since 1987. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best First ...
South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book – ''Traitor''
* 2010 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction – ''Traitor''
* 2016 winner Ockham New Zealand Book Award — Fiction – ''Coming Rain'' with a prize of $50,000Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder Wa ...
— ''A Better Place''
* 2024 winner Premier's Prize for Book of the Year, WA Premier's Book Awards — ''A Better Place''
References
1955 births
Living people
People from Hastings, New Zealand
21st-century New Zealand novelists
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