John Summers writes essays and short fiction. His book The Mermaid Boy was published by Hue & Cry Press in 2015. His writing has appeared in Sport, North & South, Landfall, Newsroom and The Spinoff.

He was a finalist in the 2019 Voyager Media Awards, and won the non-fiction category in the 2016 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards.

His second book, a collection of essays, will be published by Victoria University Press in 2021.

Twitter: @johnhsummers

Photo: Alisa Yong

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
6pm, Nov 7: My Personal Library (LitCrawl)