Born 1940 · New Zealand
NZ Book Awards 2019 · Winner
This Mortal Boy
Fiona Kidman · 78 when first published
Novel · 304 pages · Historical, Crime
AI-generated summary:In 1955 Albert 'Paddy' Black, a twenty-year-old who has come to New Zealand from Belfast, waits in an Auckland cell to stand trial after a youth is killed during a brawl in a milk bar.
NZ Book Awards 2012 · Shortlist
The Trouble with Fire
Fiona Kidman · 71 when first published
Short stories · 304 pages
AI-generated summary:Eleven long stories, set from colonial times to the present day, in which the past catches up with their mostly female characters through love, grief and loss.
NZ Book Awards 2006 · Shortlist
The Captive Wife
Fiona Kidman · 65 when first published
Novel · 368 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:After their ship is wrecked off Taranaki in 1834, Betty Guard, the young wife of an ex-convict whaler, is taken captive with her children by local Māori; back in Sydney, her months among the tribe become the subject of scandal.