





Alison Wong is a New Zealand novelist/poet, now based in Geelong. Alison’s debut novel, As the Earth Turns Silver, won the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Award for Fiction, was shortlisted for the 2010 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award, and was longlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Award.
Her poetry collection, Cup, was shortlisted for the Best First Book for Poetry at the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Her poetry was selected for Best New Zealand Poems in 2006 and 2007.