Rebekah Campbell

My early memories are of Dad fossicking around in his study writing stories. I was 13 when he entered the New Zealand Sunday newspaper's shorty story competition. I noticed there was a 'high school' category and I mustn't have had anything to do that weekend so I decided to try my hand at crafting an entry. It was a descriptive piece about a young nurse visiting an elderly psychiatric patient with a twist at the end (heavily influenced by Roald Dahl).

I was shocked when a man called up a month later to tell me I'd won! They published my funny little story in the newspaper and sent a cheque for $500 to my school.

I fell in love writing then. First, when I wrote the story and felt completely emerged in something I'd created in my head. And then

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