Former New Zealand Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh is a finalist for the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction for her graphic memoir Mophead.
For Marsh, being shortlisted for an award is something she would never have imagined.
“I didn’t even think that Mophead would be nominated because I’m a first-time children’s author and as a poet, I’ve always just told my story because it’s other people’s stories.”
Marsh says the title of the book refers to a name she was called in school by one of her frenemies.
