Laura Jean McKay wins Arthur C. Clarke Award
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28 September 2021
Adam Blackwell for Stuff writes:
Manawatū author claims top science fiction prize with pandemic novel
Manawatū author Dr Laura Jean McKay has become the first New Zealand-based author to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award, one of the world's top science fiction prizes.
McKay said it was a momentous honour to receive the award, which recognises the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom each year.
Her debut novel, The Animals in That Country, had already received recognition in Australia, winning the 2021 Victorian Prize for Literature and The Sunday Times Book of The Year. Despite its success in Australia, McKay said she hadn’t expected that to cross over to the UK.
McKay is from Australia but moved to New Zealand to take up a position at Massey University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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