About Rebekah

Rebekah's first novel, The Thirteenth Life of Frank Finnigan, was published by Penguin Books in August 2001. She was awarded the Creative NZ Todd New Writers Bursary at the end of 2001 and used that to write her second novel, Rhythm, which was published by Penguin in July 2004.

In 2006, Rebekah completed a Master of Arts in scriptwriting at Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters, gaining a Distinction. She was also awarded the Michael Hirschfeld Scholarship to further develop a feature-length screenplay.

Her first children's picture book, Champ the Chopper, was published in 2007. In 2008, another book in the Champ series will be released, and Scholastic NZ will publish Little Blue Penguins.

When she's not creating fiction, Rebekah works as a professional editor for her company West Egg Ltd. She lives in Wellington with her partner and two young children.

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