Cathie Dunsford

Cathie Dunsford
Dunsford in 2012 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Novelist poet anthologist lecturer publishing consultant
Alma mater	University of Auckland (PhD)
Genres	Feminist lesbian Oceanian Post-colonialist
Academic background
Thesis	Painting life in extremes: Charles Maturin and the Gothic genre (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Roger Horrocks

Cathie Koa Dunsford (born 1953) is a New Zealand novelist, poet, anthologist, lecturer and publishing consultant. She has edited several anthologies of feminist, lesbian and Māori/Pasifika writing, including in 1986 the first anthology of new women's writing in New Zealand. She is also known for her novel Cowrie (1994) and later novels in the same series. Her work is influenced by her identity as a lesbian woman with Māori and Hawaiian heritage.