Judith White is a winner of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Centenary Award, and twice winner of the Auckland Star Short Story Competition. A collection of short stories, Visiting Ghosts, was shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards, and her first novel, Across the Dreaming Night, was shortlisted for the Montana New Zealand Book of the Year. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
‘Sad but very funny… a perfect alternative to other summer
reads’
*Residents' Journal*
'Poetic and reflective, wry and playful at times, compassionate and
observant... Ideas are mulled over and lived through, words
polished, characters coaxed into life, flavours gradually deepen.
The result is writing to savour.'
*Herald on Sunday*
'It’s poetic, gentle and wise... Wry and clever, The Elusive
Language of Ducks transcends its bleak theme to leave us as
thoughtful and questioning as its gentle protagonist.'
*Weekend Herald*
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