Shock in New Zealand as writer, heavily favoured to win the fiction prize, is absent from list of nominees
New Zealand’s most prestigious literary prize, The Ockhams, has caused controversy after one of the country’s most popular writers was left off its shortlist.
The exclusion of Elizabeth Knox, best-selling author of The Vitner’s Luck and The Absolute Book, has generated confusion and dismay among literary commentators, with many wondering if the fantasy elements of her novel put off the judges.
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