Anne Kennedy is a writer of fiction, poetry and screenplays. She has taught creative writing at Massey University, the University of Hawai`i, and at Manukau Institute of Technology. Awards include the NZ Post Book Award for Poetry, the Montana NZ Book Award for Poetry, and the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award. Her most recent book is The Ice Shelf (VUP) which was longlisted in the Ockham Book Awards.