Raewyn Alexander
Raewyn Alexander is a New Zealand writer. She has also worked in visual media, producing comics and clothing.
She was born in Hamilton, later moving to Auckland. Alexander was editor for the arts magazine Magazine. Her work has appeared in various literary magazines, in the Auckland Poetry Live anthology and in the anthology Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page.
In 2016 she had a lengthy essay published in Metro alleging she was engaged to Chris Knox. A spokesperson for Knox denied this, and Metro then retracted the story and apologised.Selected works
- Fat, novel
- Concrete, novel
- Love and Hate are Small Words with Big Names, poetry
- Bacon is Not a Vegetable , non-fiction, with Olwyn Stewart
- Sweet: A Guide for New Zealand Teenagers, non-fiction, with Jan Hedge
- It's a Secret , poetry chapbook
- Writing Poetry – fireworks, clay and architecture, non-fiction chapbook
- Museum of Lost Days, poetry
- Family of Artists, poetry
- Glam Rock Boyfriends, novel, Brightspark Books,
- Three Words: An anthology of Aotearoa / NZ Women's Comics, comics anthology, contributor, Beatnik
