About Emily Perkins
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Emily Perkins won immediate fame with her first short story
collection, Not Her Real Name in 1996.
Two novels followed and recently there's been the acclaimed Novel
About My Wife, which won Emily the 2009 Montana Book Award for
fiction.
It's a compelling read about a couple dealing with modern life in
London and the secrets that lie at the heart of every marriage.
Emily lived in London herself for several years.
She was born in Christchurch in 1970 and grew up in Auckland and Wellington, working as a TV actor and studying at the New Zealand Drama School, Te Kura Toi Whakaari and writing at Victoria University.
In 1998, she published her debut novel, Leave Before You Go, and
a follow-up, The New Girl, in 2001.
In 2006, she was awarded the Buddle Findlay Sargeson
Fellowship.
The same year, she presented the first of two series of The Book Show for TV ONE.
She lives with her three children and her husband, the noted
artist Karl Maughan, in Grey Lynn, Auckland.
