I write fantasy, romance, cozy mystery, Young Adult, Sci.Fi. short stories and flash fiction, horror. and dabble in poetry. I am published in all of these genre AWARDS Finalist in Sir Julius Vogel Awards for Youth Award for Best Novel published 2022 Placed second in Ngaio Marsh Short Story contest 2022 Multi-times finalist in Globe Soup contests. Finalist in Hammond House lock down short fiction 2021 4th= in Stephen DiBaise international poetry contest 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Award Winner 2019 for 'Best Young Adult published 2018' Sign up for my newsletter: https://iwriteuread.substack.com for monthly short fiction pieces in your inbox. I belong to several writing groups and book clubs. I am an avid reader. I enjoy helping emerging authors and read the work of fellow authors, and they read mine. In this way we help each other get our plot lines in order and our characters believable. I live in New Zealand. It looks isolated but with the internet we are moments away from anywhere in the world. A collection of islands we have a democratic government and produce a lot of food which we sell around the world. The population is seriously outnumbered by sheep and cows - and I'm still looking for the hobbits. I hope you enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Social Media links https://www.amazon.com/author/derynpittar www.facebook.com/derynpittar Twitter: https://twitter.com/@derynpittar