Becky Manawatu

Becky Manawatu (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) is a West Coast author and journalist. Her debut novel Auē, won the 2020 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize, the MitoQ Best First Book Award and the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, and five years on is regarded as a modern classic, with editions published around the world. The sequel, Kataraina, was published in 2024 in Aotearoa and in the UK and US in 2025.

You can find Becky’s books at UBS – University Bookshop Canterbury.

Image: Stewart Nimmo