Caroline Barron: 2023 Established Māori Writers Residency

Caroline (Te Uri o Hau, Pākehā) is an award-winning author, manuscript assessor and book coach, book reviewer and writing teacher. Her memoir Ripiro Beach won the New Zealand Heritage Literary Award for Best Non-fiction Book in 2020. Her debut novel, Golden Days (Affirm Press, Australia) was released in February 2023. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland plus a journalism degree and, in a previous life, owned and ran Nova – a leading model and talent agency. Caroline resides between Auckland and Northland’s Ripiro (Baylys) Beach, with her husband and two young daughters. Caroline is our tenth writer-in-residence for the year and is working on her next novel whilst with us.