| First Name |
Laura
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| Middle Name |
Jane
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| Last Name |
Solomon
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| Full Name at Birth |
Laura Jane Solomon
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| Birthday |
28th June, 1974
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| Birthplace |
Auckland, New Zealand
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| Died |
18th February, 2019
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| Cause of Death |
''Laura passed away in tragic circumstances on 18 Feb 2019, aged 44''.
|
| Build |
Slim
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
New Zealander
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| High School |
[1991] Nayland College, Nelson, New Zealand
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| University |
[????] University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, [2003] Birkbeck College, University of London (MSc in Computer Science), [1997] Victoria University (2.1 BA degree in English Literature)
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| Occupation Text |
Short-story writer, novelist, poet, playwright, literary judge, ex IT professional
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Short Story, Novel, Poetry, Plays, computer science & IT, Flash Fiction, play
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| Year(s) Active |
1996-2018............... (C A R E E R), 1996-2018 (author: poems, short stories, novellas, novels, flash fictions
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| Record Label |
Proverse (book publisher), HEADWORX (book publisher), Woven Words Publishers (book publisher), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (book publisher), Amazon Media EU (Kindle publisher), Random House New Zealand Ltd (book publisher), Proverse Hong Kong (book publisher), Flame Books (book publisher), Solidus (book publisher), HeadworX (book publisher)
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| Associated Acts |
FAST Search and Transfer (Microsoft company), Sentinel Quarterly Short Story Competition (Literature Competition), The Virginia Prize (Literature Competition), The Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition, The Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition, Willesden Herald Short Story Prize, Mere Literary Festival Competition, Essex Poetry Festival Competition, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Wellington Festival Fringe, International Rubery Award, The Proverse Prize
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| Official Websites |
www.laurasolomon.co.nz/
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| Pets |
Nicky Solomon (sister), Kaye Solomon (father), Lew Solomon (mother)
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Laura Jane Solomon (28 June 1974 – 18 February 2019) was a New Zealand novelist, playwright and poet. She emerged as part of a new wave of young New Zealand writers in the 1990s anthologised in Mark Pirie's New Zealand Writing: The NeXt Wave (1998). Her first two novels were published around this time, while Solomon was in her early 20s, and she subsequently moved abroad to London where she wrote further works and trained as an IT professional. In 2007 she returned to New Zealand due to ongoing health problems, but continued to write and publish prolifically until her death. Solomon is best-known as a novelist, but her poetry and short stories have also been widely published and short-listed for awards and prizes.
