Tracey Slaughter (born 1972) is a New Zealand writer and poet.

Life

Slaughter was born in

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, South Auckland, and lived there until she was 10 years old, when her family moved to the

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. She studied at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, graduating with a Ph.D in 2002. The title of her PhD thesis was ''Her face looking back at me: reflections on New Zealand women's autobiography''. Slaughter has tutored in English at

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and the University of Auckland, and is a lecturer in creative writing at the

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. Slaughter's writing includes short stories, poems and novels, and focus on relationships and life in New Zealand. Her characters often experience trauma, such as suicide, cancer or infidelity. Slaughter has won the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Award twice, in 2001 and 2004. In 2014, she won the Bridport Short Story Award for ''scenes of a long-term nature.'' Slaughter was shortlisted for the

Manchester Poetry Prize The Manchester Poetry Prize is a literary award celebrating excellence in creative writing. It was launched by Carol Ann Duffy and The Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2008, and was the first phase of the annual M ...

in 2014, and the Manchester Short Story Prize in 2015 for ‘Stage Three’. Also in 2015, she won the ''Landfall'' Essay Competition for her non-fiction work ‘Ashdown Place’. In 2023 Slaughter was awarded the

Manchester Fiction Prize The Manchester Fiction Prize is a literary award celebrating excellence in creative writing. It was launched by Carol Ann Duffy and The Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2009, as the second phase of the annual Man ...

for an unpublished portfolio of poems titled ''opioid sonatas''.

Publications

* ''her body rises'' (Random House, 2005) * ''the longest drink in town'' (Pania Press, 2015) * ''deleted scenes for lovers'' (Victoria University Press, 2016) * ''Conventional Weapons'' (Victoria University Press, 2019) * ''Devil's Trumpet'' (Victoria University Press, 2021)

References

External links

Profile
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slaughter, Tracey Living people 1972 births University of Auckland alumni Academic staff of the University of Waikato Writers from Auckland New Zealand women poets New Zealand women short story writers New Zealand women novelists New Zealand women academics