Rachael King

Rachael King is the author of four novels for children and two for adults. Red Rocks won the Esther Glen Medal in 2013 and was filmed for television as Secrets at Red Rocks, released on Sky/Neon in March this year. The Grimmelings (2024) has won or been shortlisted for several awards here and in the UK, and is being published internationally. Her new series, Violet and the Velvets, is inspired by her time as a teenage bass player. Rachael was also named Best Reviewer at the Voyager New Zealand Media Awards in 2023, received a Waitangi Day Honour Award for her work at WORD Christchurch in 2020, and was awarded this year’s Frank Sargeson Fellowship.

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Find Rachael’s books at UBS – University of Canterbury.