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Six timeless stories from beloved children's author, Margaret Mahy.
Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand children's author. Mahy was
influential in changing the landscape of children's literature in
her homeland and was one of the most prolific authors, penning more
than 120 titles. Her output included poetry, picture books and
works for older children, teenage novels, television scripts and
stories for magazines and newspapers.
Margaret began writing children's books in earnest at the age of
eighteen, while training to be a children's librarian in
Christchurch. Her big break came fifteen years later when an
American publisher came across A Lion in the Meadow and bought it,
along with all the other work Margaret had produced over the
years.
Margaret became a full-time writer in 1980 and wrote The Haunting,
which was the first novel outside the United Kingdom to win the
Carnegie Medal. She triumphed again two years later with The
Changeover. In 2006 Margaret was awarded the Hans Christian
Andersen Award, the highest international honour given to an author
and an illustrator of children's books, in recognition of a lasting
contribution to children's literature. Margaret Mahy passed away in
July 2012. Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand children's author. Mahy
was influential in changing the landscape of children's literature
in her homeland and was one of the most prolific authors, penning
more than 120 titles. Margaret was the first author to win the
Carnegie Medal outside the United Kingdom with her novel The
Haunting. She triumphed again two years later with The Changeover.
In 2006 Margaret was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the
highest international honour given to an author and an illustrator
of children's books, in recognition of a lasting contribution to
children's literature. Margaret Mahy passed away in July 2012.
'... an award-winning children’s author who tested the limits of
her readers’ whimsy and courage ... her writing “took one’s breath
away” at times ...'
*The New York Times*
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