Born 1963 · New Zealand
NZ Book Awards 2025 · Winner
Delirious
Damien Wilkins · 61 when first published
Novel · 312 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A retired policewoman and her husband, a former librarian, are selling the family home for a place in a retirement village when a detective rings with fresh news about the accident that killed their son forty years ago.
NZ Book Awards 2014 · Shortlist
Max Gate
Damien Wilkins · 50 when first published
Novel · 216 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:In 1928 Thomas Hardy lies dying at his Dorset house while a housemaid watches his famous literary friends and local supporters fight over who knew him best and what will become of his remains.
NZ Book Awards 2007 · Shortlist
The Fainter
Damien Wilkins · 43 when first published
Novel · 340 pages
AI-generated summary:Luke, a young New Zealand diplomat in New York preparing for the United Nations' fiftieth anniversary, witnesses a crime; as his fainting spells return, he ends up back home on his sister's farm.
NZ Book Awards 2001 · Shortlist
Nineteen Widows Under Ash
Damien Wilkins · 37 when first published
Novel · 318 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A woman who has walked out on her marriage takes her teenage daughter on a long drive across America, back to the wet Pacific Northwest town she grew up in, just as the nearby volcano begins to rumble.