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Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy (born in Whakatane, New Zealand) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.

Her books "The Haunting" and "The Changeover" both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent "Alchemy" in 2002. Among her children's books, "A Lion in the Meadow", "The Seven Chinese Brothers", and "The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate" are considered national classics.

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New Zealand children's writer (1936-2012)

Born 21 March 1936
Died 23 July 2012

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  • Cover of: The terrible topsy-turvy, tissy-tossy tangle

    First published in 1987 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1997 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dangerous spaces

    First published in 1991 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition dangerousspaces0000mahy
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    First published in 1993 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The chewing-gum rescue

    First published in 1990 5 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition chewinggumrescue00mahy Cover of edition chewinggumrescue0000mahy
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  • Cover of: The other side of silence

    First published in 1995 5 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition othersideofsilen00mahy
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  • Cover of: The Queen's goat

    First published in 1991 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The greatest show off earth

    First published in 1994 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition greatestshowoffe0000mahy
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  • Cover of: Leaf Magic and Five Other Stories (Lucky Star)

    First published in 1984 5 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition leafmagicfiveoth0000mahy
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  • Cover of: Don't read this!: and other tales of the unnatural

    First published in 1998 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The birthday burglar ; & A very wicked headmistress

    First published in 1984 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Horrible Story and Others

    First published in 1987 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition horriblestoryoth0000mahy
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  • Cover of: It's Great To Be Eight

    First published in 1997 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A busy day for a good grandmother

    First published in 1993 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The three magicians

    First published in 1990 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Beaten by a balloon

    First published in 1998 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The birthday burglar, &, A very wicked headmistress

    First published in 1987 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition birthdayburglarv00marg
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  • Cover of: The horrendous hullabaloo

    First published in 1992 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition horrendoushullab0000mahy
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  • Cover of: The man who enjoyed grumbling

    First published in 1986 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition manwhoenjoyedgru0000mahy_j6z7
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  • Cover of: A summery Saturday morning

    First published in 1998 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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New Zealand children's writer (1936-2012)

Born 21 March 1936
Died 23 July 2012
Subjects
Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Child and youth fiction, Short stories, Children's stories, New Zealand, Humorous stories, Readers (Primary), Fantasy, Stories in rhyme, Fantasy fiction, Witches, Magic, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Ghosts, Juvenile literature, Large type books, New zealand, fiction, Pirates, Schools, Brothers and sisters, Ghost stories, Imagination, Mystery and detective stories
Places
New Zealand, China, Christchurch
People
Margaret Mahy, Mary Maloney, Patrick Maloney
Time
20th century, 1950-

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  • Mahy, Margaret
  • MARGARET MAHY
  • Mahy
  • M. Mahy
  • Mahy, Margaret/ Ross, Tony (ILT)

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April 11, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney Edited without comment.
April 11, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney merge authors
March 23, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import