Jackie Davis (writer)

Jackie Davis
Born1963 (age 61–62)
New Plymouth, New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
NationalityNew Zealander
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
GenreFiction, poetry

Jackie Davis (born 1963) is a New Zealand author, poet, and playwright.

Davis was born in 1963 in New Plymouth, New Zealand and grew up in Taranaki.[1][2] She worked as a registered nurse until 2001, when she became a professional writer.[1]

Davis graduated with an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, studying under Bill Manhire.[1]

In 2002 Davis published her first novel, Breathe,[3] and her second, Swim, in 2003.[4] She was included in Graeme Lay's The New Zealand Book of the Beach 2[5] and has been published in literary journals including the New Zealand Listener, Takahe, Metro and the Australian School Magazine.[1] Davis is also a playwright, including writing and directing Whether I Fall[6] and A Time Like This (first performed at Gisborne Unity Theatre in 2017).[7]

Davis has won the 2000 Lilian Ida Smith Award[8] and the 2005–2006 NZSA Foxton Fellowship (now Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship).[9] In 2003 she received a grant from Creative New Zealand to complete her third novel.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jackie Davis". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Beach buoyed". The Listener - Noted. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ Davis, Jackie (2002). Breath. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143018032.
  4. ^ Davis, Jackie (2003). Swim. Penguin. ISBN 9780143018568.
  5. ^ Lay, Graeme (2008). The New Zealand Book of the Beach 2. David Ling Publishing. ISBN 9781877378249.
  6. ^ Thompson, Natasha (6 August 2016). "Unitys Stages a triumph on a lonely". Gisborne Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ^ "A time like this". Gisborne Herald. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients to 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Society of Authors. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ^ "NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship Recipients" (PDF). New Zealand Society of Authors. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. ^ ""New voice" in dance features in Arts Grants". Scoop News. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Creative New Zealand grants July-October 2003/2004" (PDF). Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 30 November 2017.