ElizabethKnox
- Writer
The novels of Elizabeth Knox range from autobiographically-based fiction to fantasy. One of New Zealand's most successful writers, she found an international audience in 1998 with breakthrough novel Vintner's Luck. This tale of angels and French vineyards has been brought to the screen by Whale Rider director Niki Caro.
Screenography
Biography
Author Elizabeth Knox's novels range in locale from the places near Wellington where she grew up, to French vineyards, Scottish islands and the skies above Hollywood.
Knox's early works include the partly-autobiographical novellas Paramata, Pomare, and Tawa, which examine a young girl's childhood and adolescence. In 2000 the trilogy was collected together in one volume, as The High Jump.
“Critics . . . I do listen to what they say; to negative criticism. The positive stuff I blush about, boast about a little, then forget. ”