Damien Wilkins is the author of eight books in total, including a book of poems and two books of short stories. He has twice been awarded a New Zealand Scholarship in Letters and in 2000 he was Writing Fellow at Victoria University While living in America in the early 90s, he won a Whiting Writing Award.  
 
Damien Wilkins has taught creative writing in both New Zealand and America, and is well-known here as a book reviewer and essayist. He has also written drama for the theatre, television and radio. His writing for television includes episodes of Duggan and The Insider’s Guide to Happiness, and a play, Drinking Games was performed at Circa Theatre in October 2008. He was one of the founding editors of the literary magazine Sport, and now teaches in the MA programme of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. He lives in Wellington, NZ with his wife and two daughters.

Damien was awarded the 2008 New Zealand Post Katherine Mansfield Prize. He and his family spent most of last year in Menton in the south of France.