Kirsten McDougall was born in 1974 and grew up in Wellington and Masterton. She was educated at Victoria University, graduating in 2004 with a Masters in Creative Writing. Her first book, a series of interconnected short stories, The Invisible Rider, was published by VUP in 2012, and her second, Tess, in 2017. Tess was longlisted for the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award. She has published stories and non-fiction a variety of books and journals. Kirsten was the recipient of the 2013 Creative New Zealand Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary, and won the short category of ‘The Long and the Short of It’ fiction competition in 2011.

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#meetawriter >Kirsten McDougall is part of WORD Christchurch Festival 2018. Take a look!