Charlotte Randall (born

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) is a New Zealand

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. Her

first novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...

, ''Dead Sea Fruit'' won the Reed Fiction Award, and the 1996

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

, Best First Book, South East Asia / Pacific. She studied psychology at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

. She was the 2000 Victoria University Writers' Fellow, and was the 2005 Ursula Bethell Creative Writing Resident, at

Canterbury University The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was f ...

. She teaches at New Zealand's Writers College. She is married with two children.

Works

*''Dead Sea Fruit'' Secker & Warburg, 1995, *''The Curative'', Penguin Books, 2000, *''Within the Kiss'', Penguin, 2002, *''What Happen Then, Mr Bones?'', Penguin Books, 2004, *''The Crocus Hour'', Penguin Books, 2008, *''Hokitika Town'', Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited, 2011, *''The Bright Side of My Condition'', Penguin New Zealand, 2013,

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charlotte randall's version of punk
October 6, 2008
"Charlotte Randall"
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