Amy McDaid is the 2017 recipient of the Sir James Wallace Prize for creative writing students in New Zealand.
The Prize is to recognise the student in the Master of Creative Writing degree at the University of Auckland who has completed the highest-quality manuscript during the award year.
Amy is also a new born intensive care nurse and mother of a toddler, which leaves little time for writing, but somehow she manages to set aside time to work on her novel.
Amy is with us for Bookmarks today and to talk about her manuscript for The Long Peace.
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