erotic photography. A deluxe hardcover edition included photographs by fine-art photographer Vicky Papas Vergara, featuring Australian burlesque artist Miss Sina King. The March of the Foxgloves was No. 1 on the New Zealand fiction charts. Dionne Christian, writing in the NZ Herald, called The March of the Foxgloves "a funny, lively and energetic romp which delves into the underbelly of society" and that Hay "has paid close attention to the settings - London, Auckland and Tauranga - period details and historical events". Stephanie Jones found Hay "a sly and delightful wordsmith, a grand raconteur of the page, in whose hands historical fiction feels utterly current, even urgent" Her third novel, Winged Helmet, White Horse was published in New Zealand in 2018 with the NZ Listener calling Hay "a smart, gutsy writer ... it’s impossible to read this book without hearing her trademark vocal delivery. She isn’t afraid of flawed characters or loose ends, and throws in plot twists you won’t see coming. Good at witty dialogue, she also takes a few comic and barbed pokes at middle-class life and the literary world". In Spring 2018, she was a resident at the Michael King Writers' Centre. Honours and awards In the 2020 New Year Honours, Hay was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to broadcasting and the music industry. She was awarded a Taite Music Prize, the Independent Spirit Award, in 2022 for her TV and radio work since the 1980s. Selected works Novels Emerald Budgies Auckland, New Zealand: Vintage, 2000. . The March of the Foxgloves Auckland, New Zealand: Esom House Press, 2016. . Winged Helmet, White Horse Auckland, New Zealand: Esom House Press, 2018. . Short story collections The Picnic Virgin Edited by Emily Perkins. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 1999. The Best of New Zealand Fiction Volume 2 Edited by Fiona Kidman. Auckland, New Zealand: Vintage, 2005. Home: New Short Stories by New Zealand writers Edited by Graeme Lay and Stephen Stratford. Auckland, New Zealand: Black Swan, 2005. Way Back Then, Before We Were Ten, New Zealand writers and childhood compiled and edited by Graeme Lay, Auckland, New Zealand: David Ling Publishing, 2009. See also List of New Zealand television personalities References External links Sketches: Bangkok Observations http://thespinoff.co.nz/books/16-03-2017/book-of-the-week-karyn-hay-on-creating-nude-postcards-for-her-latest-novel New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English (documentary) 2005 https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/new-zild-2005 History of WIFT in NZ http://www.wiftnz.org.nz/media/46173/history%20of%20wift%20in%20nz.pdf 1959 births Living people New