Elizabeth Knox

Elizabeth Fiona Knox, ONZM, is an award-winning New Zealand writer. She has authored eight novels, an autobiographical trilogy of novellas, a fantasy duet for young adults, and a collection of essays. Her best known work is The Vintner's Luck, which won several awards, has been published in seven languages, and has been made into a film of the same name by Niki Caro. Elizabeth and her two sisters were born and raised by atheist parents in a household where they spent most of their days where religion was often debated. They spent their childhood living in various small towns in New Zealand,... including Pomare, Wadestown, Waikanae and Paremata. She later published a trilogy of novels that were influenced by her childhood experiences of living near Wellington. Elizabeth had difficulties with writing when she was young because she was slightly dyslexic. Elizabeth had always enjoyed inventing stories as a child. When she was eleven she created an oral narrative history with her younger sister Sara and its characters and plot evolved based on their input along with the input of their older sister Mary and their friend Carol.
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