Patrick Evans is the author of six novels, including Bluffworld (2021) and Gifted (2010), which re-imagines the 1955 relationship between New Zealand writers Janet Frame and Frank Sargeson. His nonfiction work includes the funniest – very well, the only funny – study of New Zealand writing ever published, The Penguin History of New Zealand Literature (1990). He taught New Zealand literature and creative writing at the University of Canterbury until 2016.
Patrick Evans is the author of six novels, including Bluffworld (2021) and Gifted (2010), which re-imagines the 1955 relationship between New Zealand writers Janet Frame and Frank Sargeson. His nonfiction work includes the funniest – very well, the only funny – study of New Zealand writing ever published, The Penguin History of New Zealand Literature (1990). He taught New Zealand literature and creative writing at the University of Canterbury until 2016.
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