Deryn Pittar is an awarding author. She writes Sci.Fi., Fantasy, Romance and Young Adult, and dabbles in horror and poetry. She also enjoys writing short and flash fiction with some success.
- Finalist Best Youth Novel, Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2023 with The Carbonite’s Daughter. (The sequel Quake City will be released August 2024.)
- Placed second in Ngaio Marsh Short Story Contest 2022
- Finalist in Hammond House Lockdown Short Fiction 2021
- 4th= in Stephen DiBaise International Poetry Contest 2020
- Sir Julius Vogel Award Winner 2019 for ‘Best Young Adult published 2018’.
The Carbonite’s Daughter
To lead or to breed?
Calista has this choice, but before she can make a decision she needs to leave the protection of the tunnels and chance her life outside, where radiation kills and people wither – so she is told. Who can she believe – her father or the MICs (Men In Charge)? Fear battles with her desire for adventure, and if she stays insemination looms.
Set in dystopian New Zealand, post a Nuclear Dawn, this is a story of growth and discovery and the realisation that things aren’t always as they seem.
ISBN 9781922556400
Trade Paperback • 204 pages
RRP $30-$35
Available from Wheelers or direct from the author