Saraid de SilvaSaraid de Silva is a writer from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Her debut novel, Amma, was published in Australia and New Zealand by Moa Press, part of Hachette Aotearoa, and in the UK by Weatherglass Books in 2024. In 2023 she was selecte for Art Omi's international writer's residency in Columbia County, New York, and in 2025 she will be the New Zealand writer-in-residence at Randell Cottage in Wellington. Amma was long listed for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for fiction, part of the New Zealand book awards, and also for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2025.

Saraid was a contributor to A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand, and her work has been featured in The Spinoff, Fashion Quarterly, Pantograph Punch and Tupuranga Journal. Read More Read Less

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