Dianne Ruth Pettis
Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955 – 13 May 2008) was a novelist and journalist from New Zealand.
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Dianne Ruth Pettis
- Name
- Dianne Ruth Pettis
- Born
- 1955
- Birthplace
- Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
- Died
- 13 May 2008
- Place of death
- Otago Peninsula
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- novelist · poet · writer
- Honours
- Robert Burns Fellowship
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• Name — Dianne Ruth Pettis • Born — 1955 • Birthplace — Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand • Died — 13 May 2008 • Place of death — Otago Peninsula • Genre — fiction, journalist • Notable Works — ‘’Like Small Bones’’, The First Touch of Light
Background
Background
Pettis was born in Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. In addition to her novels, poetry, and short stories, she worked as a journalist, a script writer for the Natural History Unit and a communications manager.
Novels
Novels
• Like Small Bones (2004) • The First Touch of Light (2009)
Poetry
Poetry
Pettis' poetry and short fiction have been included in Landfall, Sport and Takahe, and broadcast on Radio New Zealand. Her work was also included in: • Under Flagstaff: and Anthology of Dunedin Poetry (2004), edited by Robin Law • Swings and Roundabouts (2008), edited by Emma Neale
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Like Small Bones, was shortlisted for the Best First Book section in the Asia Pacific region for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. In 2006 she was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship, a literary residency at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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