About Stevan
Stevan Eldred-Grigg is one of the leading novelists and historians in New Zealand. Born on the back seat of a speeding taxi, he grew up in a tumultuous household on the West Coast and in Canterbury before graduating with a doctorate in history from the Australian National University. He has lived in Blackball, Christchurch, Canberra, Whangarei, Wellington, Hamilton, Iowa City, Berlin, Mexico City, Shanghai, Singapore and Beijing. He now lives once more in Canterbury.
Bangs, his latest novel, takes the reader back into the big blowsy family at the centre of Oracles and Miracles and its companion novels Mum and The Shining City. Oracles and Miracles, a runaway bestseller, became the first major novel by a living New Zealand writer to be published in China.
The Great Wrong War and Phoney Wars are history books looking at New Zealand society during the murderous years of the First World War and the Second World War. The sincerity and the malice, the stubbornness and the yearnings of warring New Zealanders are central to the story. The twin volumes are quick, vivid, democratic and questioning.
Bangs, his latest novel, takes the reader back into the big blowsy family at the centre of Oracles and Miracles and its companion novels Mum and The Shining City. Oracles and Miracles, a runaway bestseller, became the first major novel by a living New Zealand writer to be published in China.
The Great Wrong War and Phoney Wars are history books looking at New Zealand society during the murderous years of the First World War and the Second World War. The sincerity and the malice, the stubbornness and the yearnings of warring New Zealanders are central to the story. The twin volumes are quick, vivid, democratic and questioning.