Lizzie Harwood grew up on Great Barrier Island and writes novels set in the far-flung places she's lived. Her memoir Xamnesia and Triumph: Collected Stories are international Amazon bestsellers. She is the co-founder of the First Pages Prize, an international writing award to support emerging un-agented writers. After 24 years out of New Zealand, mainly in Paris, she now lives in Auckland with her family. She is the winner of the inaugural NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her novel Polaroid Nights.