Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life
By Tessa Duder
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A literary portrait of New Zealand's best-loved children's author Margaret Mahy's death on 23 July 2012 brought forth an unprecedented outpouring of grief and heartfelt tributes from around New Zealand and the world. Her passing at 76 was breaking news in the media, unstoppable
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Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life
9781775490357
by Tessa Duder
1 September 2012
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Author Biography
Tessa Dudertrained as a journalist and raised four daughters before publishing her firstnovel in her late thirties. Some fifty books have followed, for both adult andyoung readers: novels (notably the best-seller Alex quartet), shortstory collections, non-fiction, biographies, anthologies and plays. Her writingshows her deep love of the sea – in 2013 she crossed the Tasman Sea under sailon the tall ship Spirit of New Zealand - and a life-long interest inearly New Zealand history, particularly of the Auckland region. Her awards haveincluded multiple children's book prizes, the University of Waikato writers'residency, the Katherine Mansfield fellowship to Menton, France, an Artists toAntarctica fellowship, the OBE and an Honorary Doctorate from the University ofWaikato. She lives in the sea-girt city of Auckland, New Zealand.