New Zealand author, Anne Kayes’ book, Tūī Street Tales, won the 2016 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon
Award. Tūī Street Heroes was a 2020 Storylines Notable Book and a 2022 Whitcoulls Top 50
children’s book. Her recent YA novel, In Our Own Back Yard, is recommended by the New Zealand
Association of Teachers of English (NZATE) as a text for the NCEA level 1 and Year 10 English
curriculum.
Originally an English and Drama teacher, Anne completed the Master of Creative Writing at AUT.
She now visits schools to share and read from her books and to run writing workshops