Poet and playwright Annabel Wilson is from Wanaka, living in Sumner. Her first poetry collection Aspiring Daybook was longlisted for the Ockham Book Awards 2019 and was the seed material for the play, No Science To Goodbye. She is currently working on the play’s prequel, Todo Verano.

Annabel’s work has been published in journals in New Zealand and overseas. She has been awarded the RAK Mason Fellowship at NZ Pacific Studio, the inaugural Australasian Association of Writers’ Programmes Emerging Writers’ Prize and a residency at the Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage.

Annabel frequently performs her poetry at literary festivals, open mics events in NZ and overseas, and as part of the Whisky Chasers collective. https://www.annabelwilson.net/