BRIAR GRACE-SMITH

 

Excerpts from a reading journal, 2008

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Briar Grace-Smith is of Ngāpuhi descent. She writes for theatre, television and film and her short fiction has been included in various anthologies. Her plays have toured both New Zealand and internationally. She was an inaugural recipient of the New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Award in 2000 and Writer in Residence at Victoria Universityin 2003. Her screenplay The Strength of Water will première in 2009. She is currently working on her first novel.