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Dame Fiona Kidman, DNZM, OBE (born 26 March 1940 in Hawera, New Zealand), is a New Zealand novelist, poet, scriptwriter and short story author.

Kidman grew up in Northland and worked as a librarian in Rotorua after leaving school. She married Ian Kidman in 1960 and they have a son and daughter. She now lives in Wellington.

Kidman began her writing career as a freelance journalist in the early 1960s and was mentored by Bruce Mason and William Austin in theatre and radio theatre. Her first of eight novels was published in 1979, and she has also published four short story collections and four collections of poetry. Her work is often concerned with the effects of suburban and provincial lower middle-class life, its morals and its hypocrisies.

Kidman has been strongly active in the literary community, serving as the national president of PEN from 1981 to 1983 and as the president of the New Zealand Book Council from 1992 to 1995. In 1988 she founded and ran the Fiona Kidman Creative Writing School, which is now part of Whitireia Community Polytechnic. She is currently the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellow for 2006 and President of Honour of the New Zealand Book Council. Her latest novel, The Captive Wife was runner-up for the Deutz Medal and won the Readers' Choice award at the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She was knighted in 1998 for her services to literature.

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Total Books: 48
Albert Black
Albert Black (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782848053639
ISBN-10: 2848053631
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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All Day at the Movies
All Day at the Movies (Audio CD)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781489409317
ISBN-10: 1489409319
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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At the End of Darwin Road A Memoir
At the End of Darwin Road a Memoir (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781869419448
ISBN-10: 1869419448
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Beside The Dark Pool
Beside the Dark Pool (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781869790592
ISBN-10: 1869790596
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The Best of Fiona Kidman's Short Stories
The Best of Fiona Kidman's Short Stories (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781869413507
ISBN-10: 1869413504
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Better than Fiction 2 True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers
Better Than Fiction 2 True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers [Lonely Planet Travel Literature] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781743607497
ISBN-10: 1743607490
Genre: Travel
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Book of Secrets
Book of Secrets (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780434392018
ISBN-10: 0434392014
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Book Of Secrets
The Book of Secrets (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781869412197
ISBN-10: 1869412192
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A breed of women
A Breed of Women (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780063120372
ISBN-10: 0063120372
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Breed of Women
Breed of Women (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140106190
ISBN-10: 0140106197
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The Captive Wife
The Captive Wife (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781869416867
ISBN-10: 1869416864
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The foreign woman
The Foreign Woman (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781869411909
ISBN-10: 1869411900
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Gone North
Gone North (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780868634111
ISBN-10: 0868634115
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The House Within
The House Within (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781869413163
ISBN-10: 1869413164
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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In Deadly Earnest A Collection of Fiction by New Zealand Women 18701980
In the Clear Light
In the Clear Light (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140089868
ISBN-10: 0140089861
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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In the clear light A novel
In the Clear Light a Novel (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780393019872
ISBN-10: 039301987X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Infinite Air
The Infinite Air (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781910709085
ISBN-10: 1910709085
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Mrs Dixon and Friend Short Stories
Mrs Dixon and Friend Short Stories (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780868636665
ISBN-10: 0868636665
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New Zealand Short Stories Fourth Series
New Zealand Short Stories Fourth Series (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780195581096
ISBN-10: 0195581091
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Paddy's Puzzle
Paddy's Puzzle (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140074703
ISBN-10: 0140074708
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