- May 1980
- May 1981
- Jan 1983
- May 1985
- Apr 1991
- Jul 1992
- Jan 1993
- Apr 1996
- Jan 1997
- May 1997
- May 1998
- Feb 1999
- Jan 2000
- Jan 2001
- Jun 2001
- Jan 2003
- Aug 2003
- Nov 2003
- Jul 2004
- Aug 2005
- Dec 2007
- Feb 2008
- May 2011
- Oct 2011
- Jan 2012
- May 2013
- May 2014
- Dec 2014
- Apr 2015
- Jan 2016
- May 2016
- Mar 2017
- Nov 2017
- Feb 2018
- Apr 2018
- May 2018
- Jul 2019
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May 1980
Born in Whakatane to parents also born in Whakatane. Dad is a fisherman and diarist; Mum is an expert on early childhood, as well as death and dying. My sister Tania was 9 at the time.
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May 1981
Lived along Waiotahi Beach while parents ran a tearooms/roadside diner
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January 1983
Moved to Gisborne with Mum and gained three step-siblings; Dad visited often!
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May 1985
Started Mangagpapa Primary School, Gisborne
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April 1991
Moved to New Plymouth, horseriding every day and going to Highland Intermediate
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July 1992
My brother Robert born in New Plymouth
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January 1993
Moved to Auckland and started high school at Epsom Girls Grammar
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April 1996
Switched to Senior College of New Zealand; went to weekly drum n bass gig The Breaks
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January 1997
Moved to Nelson and finished high school at Nayland College
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May 1997
Wrote a thinly disguised autobiography called Shadows Are Moving in homage to drum n bass record label Moving Shadow
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May 1998
Moved to England; went to drum n bass clubs in London; worked in Bristol and Manchester; watched a lot of football
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February 1999
Began writing Manchester 1999AD, while living in the city.
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January 2000
Moved back to Auckland to do a BA in English Lit, with a Philosophy minor
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January 2001
Gained Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Adults and began ESL career
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June 2001
Freelanced for Pavement Magazine: my first published articles
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January 2003
Finished Manchester 1999AD; paid to have it printed in India and distributed for free in Auckland and Manchester. The novella sank without a trace
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August 2003
Graduated University of Auckland and moved to Japan; lived in a remote mountain village, teaching ESL and clubbing in Tokyo
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November 2003
Started writing Afterhours and freelancing for WorldDJ.com (gaining comp entry to many clubs); began blogging about life in Japan, food, travel etc
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July 2004
Visited San Francisco and Chicago on separate trips for clubbing R&D
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August 2005
Moved back to Auckland and started working at unruly nightclub, Ink Bar. Made many lifelong friends!
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December 2007
Gained a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from Auckland University of Technology
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February 2008
Managed a boutique cocktail bar and co-hosted Tuesday Blues with The Professor
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May 2011
Went to London with Dad, adding New York, Valencia, and Berlin to the trip
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October 2011
Started writing Afterlives
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January 2012
Started blogging again, after a long hiatus
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May 2013
Finished formatting Afterhours and published it on Lulu and Amazon. Re-published Manchester 1999AD
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May 2014
Finished Afterlives and published it on Lulu and Amazon; hosted my first book launch!
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December 2014
Moved to Saudi Arabia to teach ESL
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April 2015
Started writing Dreams of a Family Tree, after months of research in 2014
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January 2016
Returned to NZ to a picturesque fishing village; worked at the Leigh Sawmill Cafe
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May 2016
Freelanced for Junction Mag
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March 2017
Moved back to Auckland to study; began writing Greyscale
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November 2017
Completed a Master’s in Creative Writing at Auckland University of Technology
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February 2018
Awarded mentorship with Hachette Australia to develop Greyscale, the thesis of my master’s
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April 2018
Moved to Chicago and married Joshua!
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May 2018
Started revising Dreams of a Family Tree in preparation for a pro assessment
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July 2019
Joshua’s Birthday