Anne Kayes

Auckland-based author Anne Kayes originally taught English and Drama in secondary schools. In 2014, she completed a Master of Creative Writing at AUT. She won the 2016 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award with Tūī Street Tales, (Scholastic), a collection of inter-linked stories for 8-12-year-olds. The sequel, Tūī Street Heroes, (Wildling Books), received a 2020 Storylines Notable Book Award and was selected in the 2022 Whitcoulls Top 50 Children’s Books. Tūī Street Legends (Wildling Books) is the third Tūī Street book, which can all be read as standalone stories.

In 2021, Anne published her first Young Adult novel, In Our Own Back Yard, (Bateman Publishing).

After combining tertiary teaching and writing for many years, Anne now divides her time between writing and author visits to schools. She runs writing workshops for students and teachers.