Joanne Drayton

Joanne Drayton is a New Zealand art historian, biographer and nonfiction writer.

Joanne Drayton
Born	Balclutha, New Zealand[1]
Occupations	New Zealand art historian and biographer
Website	www.joannedrayton.net

Drayton graduated from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch in 1998 with a PhD on "Edith Collier: Her life and work (1885–1964)".^[2] She adapted her thesis for publication by the Canterbury University Press the following year with the same title.^[3]

Drayton has tutored in art history at Whanganui Polytechnic and lectured at the Auckland University of Technology.^[3] In 2019 she was writer in residence at the University of Auckland.^[4]

The Search for Anne Perry was reviewed by Kirkus and summarised as: "Occasionally uneven but a pleasure for Perry’s loyal fans and a book that is likely to win her some new ones as well".^[5]

She won the 2019 General Non-Fiction Award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love.^[6]

Selected works

• Drayton, Joanne; Collier, Edith; Sarjeant Gallery (1999), Edith Collier : her life and work 1885-1964, Canterbury University Press; Hadleigh : BRAD, ISBN 978-0-908812-91-2
• Drayton, Joanne; Haszard, Rhona, 1901-; UNITEC Institute of Technology (2002), Rhona Haszard : an experimental expatriate New Zealand artist, Canterbury University Press in association with UNITEC, ISBN 978-1-877257-18-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Drayton, Joanne; Hodgkins, Frances, 1869-1947 (2005), Frances Hodgkins : a private viewing, Godwit, ISBN 978-1-86962-117-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Drayton, Joanne (May 2010), Ngaio Marsh Her Life in Crime, HarperCollins Publishers (published 2010), ISBN 978-0-7304-4566-1
• Drayton, Joanne (2012), The search for Anne Perry, HarperCollinsPublishers, ISBN 978-1-86950-888-3
• Drayton, Joanne (2018), Hudson & Halls: the food of love, Otago University Press, ISBN 978-1-988531-26-7