Author Catherine Chidgey shortlisted for $50,000 fiction prizeMARK TAYLOR/FAIRFAX NZ Ngaruawahia-based writer Catherine Chidgey is one of four finalists for the fiction prize in the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. So is being shortlisted for a $50,000 fiction prize in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Both those things recently happened to Waikato-based author Catherine Chidgey​, 46. READ MORE:* Catherine Chidgey on infertility and her new novel* Review: The Wish Child by Catherine Chidgey* Catherine Chidgey: A second language opens up a whole new worldThe other finalists are Owen Marshall with Love as a Stranger, C.K. The Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize is awarded through one of the foundation's donors, and in 2017 the judging panel will include an international judge for the first time.

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