Craig Cliff (born 1983) is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.
He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with an MA in Creative Writing.
[2] In 2007, Cliff won the novice category of the 2007 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award for his short story "Another Language".
[3] He won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book for his short story collection A Man Melting.
According to Sam Finnimore in The New Zealand Listener, "The Mannequin Makers lives up to its cover blurb billing Cliff as a talent to watch – it’s tremendous, darkly entertaining and original from start to finish.