Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is TTT Rewind (Pick a previous topic that you missed or would like to re-do/update.) However, I am currently in New Zealand so instead I bring you ten Kiwi authors.
Nalini Singh - I read quite a few of Nalini Singh's paranormal romance novels back in the day!
Deborah Challinor - I visited my friend in New Zealand a few years ago and bought this book. Challinor is a Kiwi author but this book is set in Australia's colonial past.
Danielle Hawkins - I have read a couple of this author's books. I really need to read the rest of her backlist!
Lucy Parker - Lucy writes amazing contemporary romance novels. I can't wait to read the next book in this series which is due out in August.
Lloyd Jones - I had completely forgotten that Lloyd Jones was a Kiwi author until I was looking through my reviews
Murray Ball - He is more a cartoonist than an author, but I am including him on my list because my grandfather loved his books!
Ruth Park - There needs to be at least one controversial choice on her. Park was born in New Zealand but lived in Australia for years and wrote some Australian classics like Harp in the South.
Eleanor Catton - I went and saw this author talk about her breakthrough novel The Luminaries. It sounds fascinating but I still haven't read it.
Heather Morris - It was only when I was in a bookshop here and saw her books on the NZ author shelf that I remembered that this author definitely had a Kiwi accent when I heard her speak a few years ago. She does live in Australian now though!
Soraya Lane - I have had this author on my list of authors to read for ages!
Excellent idea for a list, I think!
ReplyDeleteThanks Deb!
DeleteOh this is a lovely idea Margaret! I also kind of forgot that Heather Morris is a Kiwi.
ReplyDeleteOf course Danielle Hawkins caught my attention. Cute kitty in the bucket... LOL!!
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Goes without saying Mareli!
DeleteEnjoy New Zealand! I'd love to visit that country someday.
ReplyDeleteIt's a gorgeous country AJ!
DeleteSounds like you are having a blast!
ReplyDeleteWe are Tina!
DeleteGreat topic! I try really hard to read authors who aren't American. Although the one time I did read a Kiwi author, I was constantly messaging my friend in Auckland asking for explanation on the slang. Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday.
The slang can be a bit tricky, but ti isn't a deal breaker!
DeleteI loved Battle Royal and I can't wait to read the sequel. Nalini Singh is also on my TBR and I can't wait to read her books. I hope you have an amazing time in New Zealand!
ReplyDeleteI believe the sequel to Battle Royal is out in August! I am looking forward to it!
DeleteI love this idea! I have a couple on my TBR list but didn't realize they were NZ authors. I don't usually pay attention to the nationality of an author unless it plays into the book in some way. Good to know. Have a terrific week on vacation.
ReplyDeleteTerrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/ttt-series-to-finish
I don't often pay attention either Terrie, but I am wondering if I should!
DeleteI've read Singh and Parker on your list. This is a fun thing to spotlight. Enjoy your trip.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Deanna!
DeleteIt’s cool that you featured Kiwi authors! I don’t know much about them, but these ones do sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-things-ive-quit-doing/
I always like to know the country of the author I'm reading. Great list and I have read some of them. Nalini's paranormal books are faves of mine. I've tried some of the others and liked them or not. Way back Essie Summers wrote romance that I really liked and I was a fan of Janet Frame especially her autobiographical work. Some authors are from one country and live in another. Soraya Lane is English but lives down the South Island I think. Nicky Pellegrino is another NZ author I occasionally read. I read The Bone People by Keri Hulme way, way back and strangely I got hooked into that, very different to most other books I read.
ReplyDeleteI nearly put Janet Frame on the list and Ngaio Marsh!
DeleteGreat choice to coincide with your time there! I have read a few of these - Chocolate Cake for Breakfast is one of my faves, as you probably know!
ReplyDeleteI believe I do know that! lol
DeleteI don't think I've ever actually read any NZ authors! I have got The Tattooist of Auschwitz on my TBR though, so hopefully that will change one day soon!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/03/21/top-ten-tuesday-412/
Maybe you have, but you just didn't realise it!
DeleteGreat idea for a post to tie in with your vacation! I've only heard of Nalini Singh and Heather Morris but I haven't read their books.
ReplyDeleteI like to track my books on GR with author nationality shelves so you made me curious. I have 17 books on my author_new_zealander shelf but most of them are books by Juliet Marillier. That's still more than I expected. But I also have Rachel Smythe, Joan Druett, Sarah-Kate Lynch, and Graeme Simsion (born in NZ but now an Australian citizen, I think? So he's a bit difficult to place)
I had completely forgotten that Graeme Simsion is Kiwi by birth! I have even heard him speak before too!
DeleteFun! I've only heard of a couple of these authors and I didn't even realize they were from New Zealand. Every time you talk about CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR BREAKFAST, I think, "I need to read that," but then I forget...I'm adding it to my Goodreads list right now!
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
I still have a couple of Danielle Hawkins books to read at some point myself!
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