A Bit About Me
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PO BOX 32005, Maungaraki, Lower Hutt, 5010
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Denika is a young author living in Wellington, New Zealand. She has an unrelenting passion for fantasy and dystopian writing. Denika has loved writing ever since she could hold a pencil in her hand. She writes at her desk, staring out the window, imagining Elves jumping through the trees and bush-clad hills.
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She published her debut novel Royal Orchid, The Death-Hunters, in October 2019 when she was 15. She is the author of the Royal Orchid series and The Last Kingdom. TIME Glitch is the first in the Agents of TIME series.
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Over the past few years, she has won and been a finalist in several youth writing competitions, including being a two-time finalist in the New Zealand Youth Laurate award 2018. Denika was a finalist in the Best New Talent category for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards in 2020.
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