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- Birth nameChristian Karlson Stead
- Christian K. Stead was born on October 17, 1932 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a writer, known for Sleeping Dogs (1977), Sam Hunt: Purple Balloon and Other Stories (2010) and The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs' (2004). He has been married to Kathleen Elizabeth Roberts since 1955. They have three children.
- SpouseKathleen Elizabeth Roberts(1955 - present) (3 children)
- An award-winning poet and critic and a member of the New Zealand Labour Party. Stead's first novel, "Smith's Dream" (1971), was the basis for "Sleeping Dogs" and deals with politics in New Zealand.
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