Laura Solomon | |
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 Solomon in London in 2004 | |
| Born | Laura Jane Solomon 28 June 1974 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 18 February 2019 (aged 44) |
| Occupation | Short-story writer, novelist, poet, playwright |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Notable works | Alternative Medicine Instant Messages Black Light Nothing Lasting An Imitation of Life Taking Wainui In Vitro |
| Notable awards | Bridport Prize 2004 Bridport Prize 2005 Proverse Prize 2009 |
| Website | |
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Laura Jane Solomon (28 June 1974 – 18 February 2019) was a New Zealand novelist, playwright and poet. She emerged as part of a new wave of young New Zealand writers in the 1990s anthologised in Mark Pirie's New Zealand Writing: The NeXt Wave (1998). Her first two novels were published around this time, while Solomon was in her early 20s, and she subsequently moved abroad to London where she wrote further works and trained as an IT professional. In 2007 she returned to New Zealand due to ongoing health problems, but continued to write and publish prolifically until her death. Solomon is best-known as a novelist, but her poetry and short stories have also been widely published and short-listed for awards and prizes.