David HILL

David HILL
2010 Resident
  • Oceania
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • New Zealand
English

David HILL (children’s novelist; New Zealand) has written 27 novels for children and young adults, published in twelve countries and in seven languages. Recent titles include Duet, The River Runs, and Fire on High. Winner of numerous awards, Hill has also published several plays for teenagers, short stories, plays, and poetry for children in magazines, anthologies, and on radio. His short stories have appeared in The Listener, Landfall, Takahe, Bravado, and are anthologized in The New Zealand Book of the Beach 2 and The Best New Zealand Fiction 5. He writes book reviews and a column for the Listener. He also writes book reviews, and a column for the Listener. His participation is provided courtesy of Creative New Zealand.

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Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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