I decided to become a major development planner. Therefore, I have tried my best to become a person capable of implementing large-scale development projects. I went to Wharton and learned all about finance and money. In my free time, I learn more about real estate. During the year I worked with them, I learned how to do catering jobs commercially and build high-quality homes at a faster rate and lower cost than anything manual. After that, I realized I was ready to face bigger challenges. I moved to Manhattan and started building my own company.
Paula Morris, a novelist and short story writer of English and Maori descent, was born in New Zealand. For almost a decade she worked in the record business in London and New York. She now lives in New Orleans, where she teaches creative writing at Tulane University.
Paula's first novel, Queen of Beauty, won best first work of fiction at the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Hibiscus Coast, a literary thriller set in Auckland and Shanghai, was published in 2005 and has been optioned for film. Her third novel, Trendy But Casual, was published by Penguin New Zealand in 2005.
Paula's first short story collection, Forbidden Cities (2008) was a regional finalist in the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Ruined, her first YA novel, was published by Scholastic in 2009.