Emily Perkins

Emily Perkins is an award-winning writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her most recent novel is Lioness (Bloomsbury, 2023). Other books include the Women’s Prize longlisted The Forrests, Novel About My Wife, and the short story collection Not Her Real Name.

She also writes for theatre, film and television, including the original play The Made and an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. With director Alison Maclean she co-wrote the feature film The Rehearsal, adapted from Eleanor Catton’s novel.