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Laura Vincent

Laura Vincent (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Māhanga) is a writer from Waiuku living in Tāmaki Makaurau. She has been writing one way or another since she was in kindergarten, all of which has culminated in her debut novel, Hoods Landing, published in October 2025 by Āporo Press and currently shortlisted for the biggest Ockham New Zealand Book Award, the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.

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‘I don’t personally need any more wispy waifish characters’: Laura Vincent’s hot take on writing
- By Laura Vincent
- 18 March, 2026
The debut novelist in the running for our biggest literary prize does love writing groups, new personal mottos and Pink Floyd though.

Stories by Laura Vincent

‘I don’t personally need any more wispy waifish characters’: Laura Vincent’s hot take on writing

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Stories by

Laura Vincent