Shonagh Koea

Shonagh Maureen Koea (born 1939) is a New Zealand fiction writer. She wrote novels as a pastime; however none were published. In her late 20s Koea stopped writing fiction, disillusioned with her lack of success. However, ten years later, in 1981, she submitted a story to New Zealand's leading literary contest of the time (the Air New Zealand Short Story Competition) and won.

University of Auckland Fellowship in Literature, 1993

Buddle Finlay Sargeson Fellowship, 1997