Gina Cole is a writer based in Tamaki Makaurau, of Fijian, Scottish, and Welsh descent. Her collection of stories Black Ice Matter won Best First Book of Fiction at the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her work has been widely anthologized and published in literary journals. She is a qualified lawyer and holds an LLB (Hons) and an MJur from the University of Auckland. She is an Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa and was 2018 Writer in Residence at the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska. She has a master’s degree in creative writing (MCW) from the University of Auckland, and a PhD in Creative Writing from Massey University.