Born 1970 · New Zealand
NZ Book Awards 2024 · Winner
Lioness
Emily Perkins · 53 when first published
Novel · 278 pages · Satire, Family
AI-generated summary:Teresa Holder from the Hutt Valley has become Therese Thorne, wife of a rich Wellington property developer and owner of a homeware chain, until fraud allegations around one of his developments shake her privileged life.
NZ Book Awards 2013 · Shortlist
The Forrests
Emily Perkins · 42 when first published
Novel · 336 pages · Family, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:At seven, Dorothy Forrest moves with her odd, unsettled family from New York to Auckland, and the novel follows her through her whole life, from childhood to old age.
NZ Book Awards 2009 · Winner
Novel About My Wife
Emily Perkins · 38 when first published
Novel · Family
AI-generated summary:A struggling screenwriter recalls his wife, who, near forty and pregnant with their first child in a run-down house in Hackney they can barely afford, becomes convinced that a homeless man is following her.