Paula Green

Paula Green lives in Bethells Valley, West Auckland, with her partner, artist Michael Hight, and their two children. She is the author of five poetry collections published by Auckland University Press including a collection for children entitled Flamingo Bendalingo (2006). She teaches creative writing at all levels, and is the poetry reviewer for the New Zealand Herald. She was the 2008 judge of the New Zealand Post Secondary School Poetry Competition.

Selected bibliography:

• Flamingo Bendalingo: Poems from the Zoo with 50 New Zealand school children, illustrated by Michael Hight (Auckland University Press 2006).
• The Terrible Night illustrated by Chris Grosz (Random House 2008).
• Macaroni Moon illustrated by Sarah Laing (Random House 2009).
• Aunt Concertina and her Niece Evalina illustrated by Michael Hight (Random House 2009).

Awards:

• University of Auckland Literary Fellowship 2005.