1 Published BooksRay Berard
Ray Berard is a Canadian born New Zealand writer based in Christchurch. He immigrated in 1994 and had the fortune to live and work in many parts of New Zealand. Writing was always a passion but only through a change in circumstance did the time become available to devote himself full time to it.
Inside the Black horse is his debut novel released in 2015, The story follows a group of strangers over five days, thrown together after a young man robs a pub. It is both a thriller and an unlikely love story for our age.
Berard’s writing has been praised by critics as pacy and authentic: a snap-shot of modern-day New Zealand, unmistakably Kiwi in flavour and tone, and packed with real-life contemporary issues. The novel elbowed its way onto the NZ Listener’s 100 Best Books list for 2105, then won the Ngaio marsh debut Novel of the year for 2016. It was long listed for the Dublin international literary prize for 2017 and has now been adapted for the 2021 TVNZ series Vegas.
