![]() ![]() In 2017 Cole's short story collection Black Ice Matter received the award for best first book of fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In 2014 she won a writing contest at the Auckland Pride Festival run by Express magazine. ![]() She has said that as "an Indigenous Fijian queer woman writer I feel it is so important that we Indigenous peoples tell our own stories so that we can put forward our perspective and experience". In 2013 Cole obtained a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland, and in 2020 earned a PhD in Creative Writing from Massey University on the topic of indigenous science fiction. She practiced as a barrister until 2018, when she closed her practice to focus on her writing. She studied law at the University of Auckland and was admitted to the bar in 1991. From 1963 to 1966 she and her family lived on Farewell Spit, where her father was the lighthouse keeper. She is of Fijian, Scottish and Welsh descent. Her first novel Na Viro was published in July 2022.Ĭole was born in 1960. Her short story collection Black Ice Matter received the award for best first book of fiction at the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. ![]() ![]() Her writing is inspired by her experiences as a queer Fijian woman. Gina Annette Cole MNZM (born 1960) is a New Zealand writer and lawyer. University of Auckland (Masters in creative writing). ![]()
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