11 Facts About James Norcliffe

James Samuel Norcliffe was born on 3 March 1946 and is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, teacher and educator.

James Norcliffe's work has been widely published and he has been the recipient of a number of writing residencies.

James Norcliffe was born on 3 March 1946 in Greymouth.

James Norcliffe is a teacher, writer and editor and has published several collections of poetry and a number of novels for children and young adults.

James Norcliffe's work has been published widely in journals both in New Zealand and overseas, and his short stories for children have been widely anthologised.

James Norcliffe has been poetry and short story editor of takahe magazine and poetry editor of the Christchurch Press, and has worked closely with the Christchurch School for Young Writers, including editing the annual Re-Draft anthologies.

James Norcliffe has lived in or near Christchurch for much of his life, apart from spells in China and Brunei Darussalam.

James Norcliffe is married with two children and lives with his wife at Church Bay, Lyttelton Harbour.

James Norcliffe won the Lilian Ida Smith Award in 1990 and the New Zealand Poetry Society's international competition in 1992.

James Norcliffe was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago in 2000.

James Norcliffe was the Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow in 2018.