Sonya Wilson

Sonya Wilson is an award-winning novelist, journalist, television reporter, presenter and producer. She has a degree in Broadcasting Communications and has worked across a variety of platforms and programmes including TVNZ's Breakfast , One News , 20/20 , Sunday and Q + A programmes. She also has a Masters in Creative Writing with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland. Her first novel, Spark Hunter , has made several bestseller and best-of lists since its release in October 2021....See more

Sonya Wilson is an award-winning novelist, journalist, television reporter, presenter and producer. She has a degree in Broadcasting Communications and has worked across a variety of platforms and programmes including TVNZ's Breakfast , One News , 20/20 , Sunday and Q + A programmes. She also has a Masters in Creative Writing with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland. Her first novel, Spark Hunter , has made several bestseller and best-of lists since its release in October 2021. It won the NZSA Best First Book Award at the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, a Storylines Notable Book Award 2022 and was shortlisted for the Esther Glen Junior Fiction prize. Sonya also writes essays, reviews and opinion pieces for a variety of publications including North & South , Newsroom , Canvas and The Spinoff , and produces and hosts the Bookland Presents: How to Love podcast series. She is the founder and chief executive of the charity Kiwi Christmas Books (www.kiwichristmasbooks.org.nz) and is the co-director of a small film and television post-production company with her husband, colourist Pete Ritchie. See less