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Iain Sharp Author

Scholar, poet and critic Iain Sharp was born in Scotland and now lives in New Zealand. Since completing a PhD on Jacobean comedy at The University of Auckland, he has worked as books editor at national weekly the Sunday Star-Times, fiction editor of Landfall and manuscripts librarian at Auckland City Libraries. Sharp is a frequent reviewer and the author of Real Gold (AUP, 2007) as well as various books of poetry.