Born and raised in Pātea, Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine) writing has been published by RNZ, NZ Herald, Newsroom and Landfall.
He won the short story and poetry competitions at the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards in 2022.
His debut novel The Bone Tree held the #1 NZ Fiction spot for eleven weeks overall.