Paula Morris

Paula Morris
Morris in 2019
Born
Paula Jane Kiri Morris

(1965-08-18) 18 August 1965
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • short-story writer
  • editor
  • literary academic
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of York
ThesisMagnolias and rattlesnakes: the southern lady in American fiction (1989)
Doctoral advisorHermione Lee

Paula Jane Kiri Morris MNZM (born 18 August 1965) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer editor and literary academic. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland and founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature.