Award-winning author, story consultant, presenter and manuscript assessor.

Caroline’s debut novel, GOLDEN DAYS (Affirm Press Australia and via Hachette New Zealand), is on shelves 28 February 2023. Her memoir, RIPIRO BEACH (Bateman, New Zealand), won the 2020 New Zealand Heritage Literary Award for Best Non-fiction Book.
She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from University of Auckland (2015) plus a journalism degree and, in a previous life, owned and ran Nova—a leading model and talent agency.
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