Background
Norman Bilbrough was born on June 13, 1941, in Feilding, New Zealand to William Samuel Bilbrough, a teacher, and Susan Bilbrough, a teacher.
Norman Bilbrough was born on June 13, 1941, in Feilding, New Zealand to William Samuel Bilbrough, a teacher, and Susan Bilbrough, a teacher.
Bilbrough was educated in Wellington.
Norman has published short stories widely for twenty years, winning the Sunday Star Times competition in 1995. A popular and frequent contributor to the New Zeland Listener and School Journal, especially, and to radio, he writes with a concise narrative and tersely authentic dialogue that give credibility to the often painful subject matter.
Bilbrough has published two collections of stories, Man with Two Arms (1991) and Desert Shorts (1999). His young adult novel, The Birdman Hunts Alone was published in 1994 and his stories for children, Dog Breath and other stories came out in 1999.
The Birdman Hunts Alone was a finalist in the AIM Book Awards senior fiction category in 1995.
In 1999, he was Writer in Residence at Canterbury University.
Norman lives in Wellington, having worked as a teacher, literary assessor and writer.
Norman has a liberal political views.
Norman married Jane Westaway, a writer. They have four children: Miro, Paula, Jake Flanigan and Alden Williams.