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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 haunting
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    Cover of edition haunting0000mahy_z8e8 Cover of edition mofarenjiazu0000mahy Cover of edition haunting00mahy Cover of edition haunting0000mahy_y4l7 Cover of edition haunting0000mahy_q7p3 Cover of edition haunting0000mahy First published in 1982 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance
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    Cover of edition changeoverplus0000marg Cover of edition changeoversupern0000mahy_l6o9 Cover of edition changeoversupern0000mahy_c8q1 Cover of edition changeover00marg First published in 1974 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: The tricksters
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    Cover of edition tricksters00mahy Cover of edition tricksters00marg Cover of edition tricksters0000mahy_w2q2 Cover of edition tricksters0000mahy_m1v0 Cover of edition tricksters0000mahy Cover of edition tricksters0000mahy_z6j5 First published in 1986 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: The catalogue of the universe
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    Cover of edition catalogueofunive0000mahy Cover of edition isbn_9780613576215 Cover of edition catalogueofunive00mahy Cover of edition catalogueofunive0000mahy_u4s9 First published in 1985 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The Seven Chinese Brothers
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    Cover of edition sevenchinesebrot00marg_0 First published in 1989 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Jam: a true story
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    Cover of edition jamtruestory0000mahy_x2t7 Cover of edition jamtruestory0000mahy Cover of edition jam0000mahy Cover of edition jamtruestory0000mahy_j5v7 First published in 1985 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The man whose mother was a pirate
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    Cover of edition manwhosemotherwa0000mahy_w0e8 Cover of edition manwhosemotherwa0000mahy_v7w0 Cover of edition manwhosemotherwa0000mahy_f6r0 Cover of edition manwhosemotherwa0000mahy First published in 1972 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: El Secuestro De LA Bibliotecaria/the Librarian and the Robbers
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    First published in 1984 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Bubble trouble
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    First published in 1991 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The Boy Who Was Followed Home
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    Cover of edition boywhowasfollowe00mahy First published in 1975 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: A lion in the meadow
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    Cover of edition lioninmeadow0000marg First published in 1969 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The great white man-eating shark
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    Cover of edition greatwhitemaneat00mahy Cover of edition greatwhitemaneat0000mahy_x8h8 First published in 1989 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The chewing-gum rescue and other stories
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    First published in 1982 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The pirates' mixed-up voyage: dark doings in the Thousand Islands
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    Cover of edition piratesmixedupvo00mahy Cover of edition tollkuhnepiraten0000mahy First published in 1983 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: My wonderful aunt
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    Cover of edition mywonderfulaunt00mahy Cover of edition mywonderfulaunts0000mahy First published in 1986 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Memory
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    Cover of edition memory00marg Cover of edition memorymahy00mahy Cover of edition memory00marg_0 Cover of edition memory0000mahy First published in 1987 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: 24 hours
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    Cover of edition twentyfourhours0000mahy Cover of edition 24hours00marg First published in 2000 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Tingleberries, tuckertubs and telephones: a tale of love and ice-cream
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    Cover of edition tingleberriestuc0000mahy_j1n5 Cover of edition tingleberriestuc0000marg First published in 1995 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The boy with two shadows.
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    Cover of edition boywithtwoshadow0000mahy First published in 1971 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak
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    Cover of edition bloodandthundera00mahy Cover of edition bloodthunderadve0000mahy Cover of edition disparatesyavent0000mahy First published in 1989 — 9 editions
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Photo of Margaret Mahy

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), Stories in rhyme, Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Witches, Juvenile literature, Magic, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Ghosts, Large type books, Pirates, Readers (Elementary), Schools, Ghost stories, Imagination, Mystery and detective stories, New York Times reviewed

Places

New Zealand, China, Christchurch

People

Margaret Mahy, Carmody Braque, Jacko, Laura, Mary Maloney, Patrick Maloney

Time

20th century, 1950-

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Alternative names

  • Mahy, Margaret
  • MARGARET MAHY
  • Mahy
  • M. Mahy
  • Mahy, Margaret/ Ross, Tony (ILT)
  • Mahy, Margaret & Barker, Carol.
  • margaret mahy
  • Mahy, Margaret, Cowley, Joy

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
October 6, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 6, 2024 Edited by Tauriel063 merge authors
July 20, 2024 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import