Suzanne Hocking

Suzanne is a paramedic for Wellington Free Ambulance in New Zealand. An Australian born in Germany, she spent her childhood based in Adelaide, Australia while travelling frequently around the world with her family. She spent her school years in Canada, gaining a Bachelor of English Literature at Queen's University before working as an in-house editor for Master Point Press in Toronto. In 2007, she moved to New Zealand with her partner, freelanced for a time, and then took a major turn and began pursuing a career in paramedicine. She has had poems and short stories published in various literary magazines, and The Matchstick Girl was shortlisted for the 2012 Dundee International Book Prize. She currently lives in Wellington with her partner, Sarah, three cats and a dog.