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New Zealand women children's writers

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The list New Zealand women children's writers includes Margaret Mahy, Joy Cowley, Lynley Dodd, Sharon Holt and Eve Sutton. The list consists of 85 members.

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    Margaret Mahy

    New Zealand children's writer
    Margaret Mahy
    Overview: 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 ...
    Date of birth: 21 March 1936
    Date of death: 23 July 2012
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Joy Cowley

    New Zealand writer (born 1936)
    Joy Cowley
    Overview: Cassia Joy Cowley ONZ DCNZM OBE (née Summers; born 7 August 1936) is a New Zealand author best known for her children's fiction, including the popular series of books Mrs. Wishy-Washy.
    Date of birth: 7 August 1936
    Age: 88
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Author
    Gender: Female
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    Lynley Dodd

    NZ children's book author and illustrator
    Lynley Dodd
    Overview: Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd DNZM (born 5 July 1941) is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. She is best known for her "Hairy Maclary and Friends" series, and its follow-ups, all of which ...
    Date of birth: 1941
    Age: 83
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Author
    Gender: Female
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    Overview: Sharon Holt is a children's writer, publisher and creator of books and resources in Te Reo Māori. Several of her books have won or been shortlisted for awards, and her Te Reo Singalong series won its ...
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Overview: Evelyn Mary Sutton (née Breakell, 14 September 1906 – 19 December 1992), commonly known as Eve Sutton, was a New Zealand children’s author.
    Date of birth: 14 September 1906
    Date of death: 19 December 1992
    Age: 86 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Thyra Avis Mary Acres

    New Zealand artist, writer, illustrator, conservationist (1910-1994)
    Thyra Avis Mary Acres
    Overview: Thyra Avis Mary Acres (née McNeill, 26 March 1910 – 15 October 1994) was a New Zealand artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist.
    Date of birth: 26 March 1910
    Date of death: 15 October 1994
    Age: 84 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Artist
    Gender: Female
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    Ruth Dallas

    New Zealand writer
    Overview: Ruth Minnie Mumford CBE (29 September 1919 – 18 March 2008), better known by her pen name Ruth Dallas, was a New Zealand poet and children's author.
    Date of birth: 29 September 1919
    Date of death: 18 March 2008
    Age: 88 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Beverley Randell

    New Zealand writer
    Beverley Randell
    Overview: Beverley Joan Randell Price MNZM (born 1931), known by the pen name Beverley Randell, is a New Zealand children's author, whose work has been published by 16 publishers in several languages. Born in W ...
    Date of birth: 1931
    Age: 93
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Author
    Gender: Female
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    Miriama Kamo

    New Zealand television presenter
    Overview: Miriama Jennet Kamo (born 19 October 1973 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand journalist, children's author and television presenter of Ngāi Tahu/Ngāti Mutunga heritage. She currently presents TVNZ's f ...
    Date of birth: 19 October 1973
    Age: 51
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Patricia Grace

    New Zealand writer (born 1937)
    Patricia Grace
    Overview: Patricia Frances Grace DCNZM QSO (born 1937) is a New Zealand Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books.
    Date of birth: 1937
    Age: 87
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    V M Jones

    New Zealand writer
    Overview: Victoria (Vicky) Mary Jones (born 1958) is a children's author. She was born in Zambia and educated in Zimbabwe. She completed a BA in English, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of ...
    Date of birth: 1958
    Age: 66
    Nationality: Zambian
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Fleur Beale

    Writer
    Overview: Fleur Una Maude Beale ONZM (née Corney, born 22 February 1945) is a New Zealand teenage fiction writer, best known for her novel I Am Not Esther, which has been published worldwide.
    Date of birth: 22 February 1945
    Age: 80
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Pamela Allen

    New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
    Overview: Pamela Kay Allen MNZM (née Griffiths, born 3 April 1934) is a New Zealand children's writer and illustrator. She has published over 50 picture books since 1980. Sales of her books have exceeded five million ...
    Date of birth: 3 April 1934
    Age: 91
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Celia Manson

    New Zealand writer (1908–1987)
    Overview: Cecilia Evelyn Manson MBE (née Drummond; 24 August 1908 – 28 October 1987), known as Celia Manson, was a New Zealand writer, journalist and broadcaster. Many of her works were co-written with her husband ...
    Date of birth: 24 August 1908
    Date of death: 28 October 1987
    Age: 79 (age at death)
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    Kate Clark (writer)

    New Zealand children's writer, poet and artist (1847–1926)
    Overview: Kate Emma McCosh Clark (née Woolnough; 15 May 1847 – 30 November 1926) was a New Zealand children's writer, poet, artist and community worker. She wrote and illustrated an early New Zealand children's ...
    Date of birth: 15 May 1847
    Date of death: 30 November 1926
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Gay Hay

    New Zealand children's book author
    Overview: Gay Hay (born 1948) is a New Zealand children's book author, based in Pukerua Bay, best known for her books Fantail's Quilt (2011) and Watch Out, Snail! (2013), both illustrated by Margaret Tolland.
    Date of birth: 1948
    Age: 76
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Mere Whaanga

    New Zealand writer, illustrator, historian, researcher and academic
    Overview: Mere Whaanga is a New Zealand writer, illustrator, historian, researcher and academic whose work includes bilingual picture books, history books and conference papers. Several of her books have been s ...
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Fifi Colston

    British-born New Zealand writer
    Overview: Fifi Colston (born 5 July 1960) is a writer, illustrator, poet, wearable arts designer, costume and props maker for the film industry and television presenter. She has written or illustrated over 30 books ...
    Date of birth: 5 July 1960
    Age: 64
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Kyle Mewburn

    New Zealand writer
    Overview: Kyle Mewburn is a New Zealand writer whose books have won many prizes and awards. She lives in Millers Flat, Central Otago, writes picture books and junior fiction and is a popular and well-known speaker ...
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Paula Boock

    New Zealand writer
    Overview: Paula Boock (born 1964) is a New Zealand writer and editor.
    Date of birth: 1964
    Age: 60
    Occupation: Cricket
    Gender: Female
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