Saige England
Saige England is a New Zealand author and poet living between the sea and estuary in the village of Te Kōrero Karoro (New Brighton). She's lived and written in other landing places including Paris, England, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific Islands.
Saige graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University. She also holds qualifications in counselling and teaching English and History.
Saige has won numerous awards, scholarships and grants for her writing. Her humanitarian journalism has been published in New Zealand papers and magazines including the Press and the Listener, and internationally, in newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times.
Her short fiction and poetry have been published in anthologies and international including Penguin Books NZ, Reed Publishing, Turbine, Bravado, Black Mail Press, Shotglass Journal (Muse-Pie Press), and The Rawhead Journal of Art and Literature.
Saige's debut novel, The Seasonwife, deals with the brutal frontiers of colonisation on people and the environment. Published in 2023, the novel made the Nielsen New Zealand bestseller list that year - and again, the following year. The novel was also short-listed the New Zealand Booksellers Book Choice Award.
World rights for The Seasonwife have recently been acquired by Regal House Publishing, an award-winning US independent publisher of fine literary fiction.
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