Laura Vincent

Aotearoa New Zealand

Laura Vincent (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāpuhi) is an author whose work spans fiction, poetry and food writing. She has written the food blog hungryandfrozen.com since 2007, and her debut cookbook was published by Penguin Random House in 2013. Laura’s poetry has appeared in anthologies published by Āporo Press, Auckland University Press and Muswell Press, and she completed her Master of Creative Writing at Auckland University of Technology in 2022. Born in Waiuku, Laura currently lives in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Hoods Landing is her first novel, and it was shortlisted for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Award Jann Medlicott Acorn Fiction Prize.

Image: Julian Vincent