Barbara AndersonWriter
Barbara Anderson became an internationally recognised fiction writer in her sixties. She is one New Zealand’s most respected and best-selling authors. Her work shows a keen sense of the absurdity of human behaviour.
24 Jun 2011
Five of New Zealand's most acclaimed artists have been honoured for their extraordinary artistic achievements at the Arts Foundation's prestigious Icon Awards.
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2011
Barbara Anderson (writer) featured on TVNZ 7's broadcast of 'The Artists', produced in partnership with the Arts Foundation following the 2011 Arts Foundation Icon Awards.
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Anderson writes some cracking dialogue and is astute as well as funny. She is adept at creating near-farcical situations, but invests her characters with enough depth to make her readers care what becomes of them. Pam Barrett SUNDAY TIMES (UK)
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