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  • This Inspiration edition profiles beloved Kiwi children's author Margaret Mahy: from her childhood as "Mad Margaret", through her days as an unmarried mother.

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    Margaret Mahy, one of New Zealand's greatest-ever writers,(I put her up there with Katherine Mansfield), died in Christchurch this afternoon after a brief illness.

    Here is a brief biography from the Christchurch City Libraries website:
    Margaret Mahy, a brief biography

    Margaret Mahy is a former Children's Librarian at Christchurch City Libraries and is one of the world's best and most famous children's authors.
    Margaret Mahy was born in Whakatane in 1936, and wrote her first story at the age of seven.
    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 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 Meadowin 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 awardsfor her books, and honours for her contribution to New Zealand and children's literature.

    And from the New Zealand Book Council website.
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    List of works by Margaret Mahy

    TitleIllustratorPublisherYearNotesA Lion in the MeadowJenny Williams
    ISBN 0460057812
    J.M. Dent & Sons;
    Franklin Watts1969Winner of the Esther Glen Award (1970)[1]The Dragon of an Ordinary FamilyHelen Oxenbury
    ISBN 0434950009
    William Heinemann Ltd;
    Franklin Watts1969[1] Oxenbury won the Greenaway Medal[a]Pillycock's ShopCarol Barker
    ISBN 0234774738
    Dobson Books Ltd;
    Franklin Watts1969[1]Mrs DiscombobulousJan Brychta
    ISBN 0460057960
    Dent; Watts1969[1]The ProcessionCharles Mozley
    ISBN 0460057804
    Dent; Watts1969[1]Sailor Jack and the 20 OrphansRobert BarteltDent1970[1]The Little WitchCharles Mozley
    ISBN 0531018628
    Dent; Franklin Watts1970[1]The Princess and the ClownCarol BarkerFranklin Watts & Dobson1971[1]The Boy with Two ShadowsJenny WilliamsDent1971[1]The First Margaret Mahy Story BookShirley HughesDent1972Winner of the Esther Glen Award (1973)[1]The Man Whose Mother was a PirateBrian FroudDent1972Also published i

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