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008			120726s2012 nz b 000 0beng
020			_a9781775540175 (pbk.) : _c$39.99
020			_a9781775540175 (pbk.)
020			_a1775540170 (pbk.)
035			_a(NLNZils)1564038
035			_a(OCoLC)810134492
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn810134492
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100	1		_96694 _aDuder, Tessa, _eeditor.
245	1	0	_aMargaret Mahy : _ba writer's life / _cTessa Duder.
260			_aAuckland, N.Z. : _bHarperCollins, _c2012.
263			_a1209
300			_ap. cm.
500			_aPrevious ed.: 2005.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aA 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 through the social networks, noted by political leaders in Parliament and by children in classrooms throughout the country. Celebrated as a member of the Order of New Zealand (the country's highest civil honour), twice honorary Doctor of Letters and twice winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal for children's literature, Margaret was one of the world's leading authors for younger readers for four decades. In her own country she was popularly known as the writer in the multicoloured wig who wrote marvellously funny picture books and enchanted generations of school children. But internationally, she was primarily recognised for her ground-breaking young adult novels; anyone who heard her speak knew that she was also a brilliant essayist, an expert on children's literature, a scholar and philosopher. For many fellow writers, teachers and librarians she was a treasured friend, supportive, generous and wonderful company. For children, she was the storyteller supreme, warm, full of wonder, magic and mischief - and on their side. Her story had its fairy-tale elements. In 1968, a hard-pressed solo mother of two daughters, working as a librarian by day and writing long into the night, she was 'discovered' by a leading American publisher who flew 'to the end of the earth' to offer her a multi-book publishing contract.
600	1	0	_95870 _aMahy, Margaret, _d1936-2012, _eauthor.
650		0	_aWomen authors, New Zealand _y20th century _vBiography. _96695
650		0	_aChildren's literature _xAuthorship. _96697
650		0	_aChildren's literature, New Zealand. _96698
650		0	_96696 _aAuthors, New Zealand _y20th century _vBiography.
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