The PumpHouse: CREATIVE TALKS 2023 Lizzie Harwood – Author

Lizzie Harwood writes crime novels set in the far-flung places she’s lived. After 24 years overseas, mainly in Paris, she moved back to Aotearoa in late 2020 with her French husband and children and settled on the North Shore.

Her latest book Polaroid Nights won the inaugural NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize and was longlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Awards 2022. Her memoir Xamnesia, and Triumph:Collected Stories were international Amazon bestsellers.

Lizzie co-founded the First Pages Prize, an international award to support emerging un-agented writers.