Keri Hulme
Keri Hulme (1947–2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet, and short story writer who achieved international recognition with The Bone People, her only completed novel.
Born in Christchurch to a carpenter father and mother of Orkney Scots and Maori descent (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe), Hulme spent formative holidays at Moeraki on the Otago coast, which she called her "turangawaewae-ngakau"—the standing place of her heart.
The Bone People won the 1984 New Zealand Book Award and 1985 Booker Prize after twelve years of writing and numerous rejections.
Hulme served on literary committees and as cultural ambassador, though she never finished another novel.
