Paula Morris





Paula Morris

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Paula Morris, a novelist and short story writer of English and Maori descent, was born in New Zealand. For almost a decade she worked in the record business in London and New York. She now lives in New Orleans, where she teaches creative writing at Tulane University.

Paula's first novel, Queen of Beauty, won best first work of fiction at the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Hibiscus Coast, a literary thriller set in Auckland and Shanghai, was published in 2005 and has been optioned for film. Her third novel, Trendy But Casual, was published by Penguin New Zealand in 2005.

Paula's first short story collection, Forbidden Cities (2008) was a regional finalist in the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Ruined, her first YA novel, was published...more


Average rating: 3.74 · 4,238 ratings · 815 reviews · 8 distinct works
Ruined (Ruined, #1)
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 3,550 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Dark Souls
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Queen Of Beauty
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2002
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Hibiscus Coast
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Forbidden Cities
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008
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Trendy But Casual
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007
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Rangatira
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Unbroken (Ruined, #2)
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012
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