Dianne Ruth Pettis

Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955 – 13 May 2008) was a novelist and journalist from New Zealand.

Dianne Ruth Pettis
Born	1955 Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Died	13 May 2008 Otago Peninsula
Nationality	New Zealander
Genre	fiction, journalist
Notable works	‘’Like Small Bones’’, The First Touch of Light

Background

Pettis was born in Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. In addition to her novels, poetry, and short stories, she worked as a journalist, a script writer for the Natural History Unit and a communications manager.[1]

Works

Novels

• Like Small Bones (2004)
• The First Touch of Light (2009)

Poetry

Pettis' poetry and short fiction have been included in Landfall, Sport and Takahe, and broadcast on Radio New Zealand.[1] Her work was also included in:

• Under Flagstaff: and Anthology of Dunedin Poetry (2004), edited by Robin Law
• Swings and Roundabouts (2008), edited by Emma Neale

Awards

Like Small Bones, was shortlisted for the Best First Book section in the Asia Pacific region for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.[2] In 2006 she was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship, a literary residency at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[3]

References

1. "Obituary — Dianne Ruth Pettis". New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
2. "Ruth Pettis". Penguin Books New Zealand. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
3. Zealand, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New. "The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 31 October 2017.