Paula Boock

Paula Boock (born 1964) is a New Zealand writer and editor.

Biography Born in Dunedin, Boock is a member of a sporting family. She is the sister of four brothers, among them former New Zealand cricket representative Stephen Boock and sports journalist Richard Boock, and has herself represented her province of Otago at cricket. She studied at the University of Otago, after which she began working as an editor and publisher, co-founding Longacre Press in the city in 1994.

Boock's early writing consisted of plays and short stories, but she turned to novel-writing shortly after leaving university.