Laura Vincent (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāpuhi) is an author from Waiuku, with writing published locally and internationally including in The Spinoff, PŪHIA, and the No Other Place to Stand and Spoiled Fruit anthologies, amongst others. Her poem ‘ACTIVITIES’ was part of an installation at Britomart for the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki and she has spoken in panel disussions for STREETSIDE: Britomart, Bad Apple, and Same Same But Different.
Laura has written her food blog hungryandfrozen.com continuously since 2007 and published her first cookbook, Hungry and Frozen, with Penguin in 2013. She spent five years as Wellington cafe reviewer for Sunday Star-Times, along with lifestyle and travel writing, and was a regular contributor to Tenderly magazine, along with The Toast and Vice.
Laura’s first novel, Hoods Landing, was published by Āporo Press on 31 October 2025. It is a darkly wry and cinematically dreamy Aotearoa Gothic tale that will resonate with anyone preoccupied with David Lynch, death, or dogs. You can order Hoods Landing through Unity Books from anywhere in the world.
In January 2026, Hoods Landing was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Laura Vincent, 21st Century Writer 