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Questions kids ask Margaret Mahy. Some of the following material was first published in 1996 by Scholastic New Zealand Limited in Questions kids ask Margaret Mahy. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Scholastic New Zealand Limited for permission to reprint selections from this book.  In 1967 she worked for the School Library Service in Christchurch. During this time she had stories published in the New Zealand School Journal. Margaret Mahy’s first book to be published was A Lion in the Meadow in 1969. In 1976 Margaret Mahy was appointed Children’s Librarian at Canterbury Public Library. In 1980 she became a fulltime writer and has gone on to win numerous awards for her books, and honours for her contribution to New Zealand and children’s literature. Margaret died in Christchurch on 23 July 2012. “That way was the best way for any sensible life to be.”. Margaret Mahy, who was known as May, was born on March 21, 1936, in Whakatane, New Zealand, the oldest of six children. Her father, Frances George Mahy, was a construction engineer. Her mother, May, taught elementary school Mahy's works are known to children and young adults all over the world. Margaret Mahy, ONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. The Margaret Mahy Award, named for Mahy, is presented annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of children's literature and literacy. Mahy was the first recipient of the award in 1991. FROM THE oxford companion TO new zealand literature. MAHY, Margaret (1936–2012), the most acclaimed of New Zealand’s children’s writers, was born and raised in Whakatane, eldest of five children. Her father, a bridge builder, told stories and read to his children; his taste for adventure was to influence Mahy’s writing. Her mother had been a teacher. Margaret Mahy (1936–2012) is the most acclaimed of New Zealand’s children’s writers. The author of more than 120 titles, and translated into 15 languages, Margaret has readers across the globe. She worked as a librarian for more than 10 years before becoming a full-time writ After graduating from Auckland University College and Canterbury University College, in 1955, with a BA, Margaret Mahy then attended the New Zealand Library School in Wellington, received her Librarian’s diploma, and then went to work for the Petone Public Library. In 1980 she became a fulltime writer and has gone on to win numerous awards for her books, and honours for her contribution to New Zealand and children’s literature. Margaret died in Christchurch on 23 July 2012. In 2013, the top prize for young adult fiction at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards was renamed the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award. Also in 2013, a playground based on her work was commissioned to be built in Christchurch's East Frame. The Margaret Mahy Award, named for Mahy, is presented annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of children's literature and literacy. Mahy was the first recipient of the award in 1991. Mahy became a full-time writer in 1980. She went on to win numerous book awards and honours for her contributions to New Zealand and to children's literature. One was an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Canterbury. The Margaret Mahy Award, named for Mahy, is presented annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of children's literature and literacy. Mahy was the first recipient of the award in 1991.
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