Cathie Dunsford | |
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.jpg) Dunsford in 2012 at the Frankfurt Book Fair | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Alma mater | University of Auckland (PhD) |
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| Thesis | Painting life in extremes: Charles Maturin and the Gothic genre (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Horrocks |
Cathie Koa Dunsford (born 1953) is a New Zealand novelist, poet, anthologist, lecturer and publishing consultant. She has edited several anthologies of feminist, lesbian and Māori/Pasifika writing, including in 1986 the first anthology of new women's writing in New Zealand. She is also known for her novel Cowrie (1994) and later novels in the same series. Her work is influenced by her identity as a lesbian woman with Māori and Hawaiian heritage.