Writing Wellington: Twenty Years of Victoria University Writing Fellows

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Fiona Kidman (b. 1940) began to write seriously when she was twenty-two, combining her early writing life with motherhood. Later, she worked in radio and television, but is now primarily a writer of fiction. Her novels include A Breed of Women (1979), The Book of Secrets (1987), Mandarin Summer (1989) (shortly to be a feature film), True Stars (1990) (written during tenure of the Writer's Fellowship) and Ricochet Baby (1996). Her most recent book is The Best of Fiona Kidman's Short Stories . She has received numerous awards and in 1998 became Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM).