Stephen Daisley
Born1955
Hastings, New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
NationalityNew Zealand
Years active1990–present
Notable worksTraitor

Stephen Daisley (born 1955) is a New Zealand novelist.

Biography

Daisley was born in Hastings, New Zealand, and spent five years in the New Zealand army before working as a sheep herder, bush cutter, truck driver, construction worker and bartender.[1] After marrying in New Zealand, he moved to Western Australia, attending Murdoch University and then the University of Western Australia for postgraduate studies. He now lives in Perth with his wife and five children.[2][1]

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.[3]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Traitor (2010)
  • Coming Rain (2015)
  • A Better Place (2023)

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Stephen Daisley". ANZL. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. New York Review of Books
  3. 1 2 Eleanor Black (10 May 2016). "Stephen Daisley wins $50,000 fiction prize at Ockham NZ Book Awards". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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