Emma Martin
Emma Martin grew up in Dunedin. She studied philosophy at the University of Otago, later accepting a Commonwealth Scholarship to the UK. She started writing fiction in mid-life, completing an MA in Creative Writing at the Victoria University of Wellington in 2010. Her stories and essays have since been published in literary journals and anthologies in New Zealand and the UK. She lives in Wellington with her partner and two children, and is working on a collection of short stories.
Emma Martin on Granta.com
Fiction | The Online Edition
Two Girls in a Boat
Emma Martin
‘This was a tiredness that caused Hannah to walk into a travel agent in Clapham High Street on a grey Tuesday morning and buy a ticket to New Zealand.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Emma Martin | Interview
Emma Martin
‘I’ve occasionally caught a kind of self-consciousness stalking me when I write about New Zealand.’