Stephanie Johnson (author)

Stephanie Johnson
Born 1961 (age 56–57)
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation Author
Language English
Nationality New Zealander
Notable works The Shag Incident
Notable awards Deutz Medal for Fiction

Stephanie Johnson (born 1961) is a poet, playwright, and short story writer from New Zealand.

Background

Johnson was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1961.[1]

Career

Johnson has taught English and creative writing at the University of Auckland. She is also a teaching fellow at the University of Waikato.[2] She co-founded the Auckland Writer's Festival with Peter Wells, and served as creative director and trustee.[2][3][4]

Published works

Johnson has published novels, poetry, plays, and collections of short stories.

Novels and short stories

  • The Glass Whittler (1989, New Women’s Press), short stories
  • Crimes of Neglect (1992, New Women’s Press), novel
  • All the Tenderness Left in the World (1993, Otago University Press), short stories
  • The Heart’s Wild Surf (1996, Random House), novel
  • The Whistler (1998, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • Belief (2000, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • The Shag Incident (2002, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • Music From A Distant Room (2004, Vintage, Random House)
  • Drowned Sprat and Other Stories (2005, Vintage, Random House), short stories
  • John Tomb's Head (2006, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • Swimmers' Rope (2008, Vintage, Random House) novel
  • The Open World (2012, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • The Writing Class (2013, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • The Writers’ Festival (2015, Vintage, Random House), novel
  • Playing for Both Sides (2016, Bridget Williams Books), creative non-fiction

Plays and radio drams

  • Accidental Phantasies (1985), stage play
  • Castle In the Harbour (1987), radio drama
  • Folie à Deux (1995, with Stuart Hoar), stage play
  • Hard Hitting Documentary (1995), radio drama
  • Sparrow’s Pearls (1996), radio drama
  • Trout (1996), radio drama

Poetry

  • The Bleeding Ballerina (1987, Hard Echo Press), poetry
  • Moody Bitch (2003, Godwit), poetry

Johnson also published the non-fiction work, Music From a Distant Room (2004).

Awards

In 1985 Johnson won the Bruce Mason Playwrights’ Award.[5]

In the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, The Whistler, was shortlisted for the fiction award in1999[3] and Belief was shortlisted in 2001.[1]

The Shag Incident was awarded the Deutz Medal for Fiction at the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[6]

Johnson also won the 1996 Dymocks/Quote Unquote Reader’s Poll, Best New Zealand Book for The Heart’s Wild Surf and Crimes of Neglect, was shortlisted for the 1993 Wattie Book Awards.[7]

Music From a Distant Room (in 2006) and John Tomb's Head (in 2008) were nominated for International Dublin Literary Award.[8][9]

Fellowships and residencies

Johnson received the 2000 New Zealand Post Katherine Mansfield Prize, allowing her to travel to Menton, France.[3] She received the University of Auckland Literary Fellowship in 2001.[1] In 2016 she was selected as the Randell Cottage Writer in Residence.[2][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stephanie Johnson". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Writers". Randell Cottage Writers Trust. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Stephanie Johnson". Penguin New Zealand. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "People". Auckland Writers Festival. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Edmond, Murray. "Plays and playwrights - Theatre into the 2000s". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Stephanie Johnson". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "2006 Longlist". International DUBLIN Literary Award. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "The International DUBLIN Literary Award – Nominations". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Stephanie Johnson Selected as Writer in Residence". Scoop News. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.


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