Margaret Mahy

 

MARGARET MAHY

Margaret Mahy (1936-2010) was waarschijnlijk de beroemdste Nieuw-Zeelandse schrijfster van kinderboeken en young adult novels van de twintigste eeuw. Ze schreef in totaal bijna 200 boeken. Met veel van haar boeken won ze grote (en vaak internationale) prijzen.
Ms Mahy werd geboren in het stadje Whakatane (op het Noordereiland), waar ze ook opgroeide. Haar vader vertelde haar veel verhalen, haar moeder was onderwijzeres (die haar veel voorlas). Al op haar zevende begon Margaret te schrijven. Na haar opleiding werd zij bibliothecaresse en later (in 1980) fulltime schrijfster. Ze werkte in de bibliotheek van Christchurch op het Zuidereiland, de omgeving waar ze haar verdere leven zou blijven wonen.
Margaret was een alleenstaande moeder met twee kinderen. Behalve haar romans en korte verhalen schreef Ms Mahy ook veel voor radio en TV.
Margaret Mahy overleed op haar 76e in Christchurch.

Werken:
‘A Lion in the Meadow’ (1969)
‘The Dragon of an Ordinary Family’ (1969)
‘Pillycock’s Shop’ (1969)
‘Mrs Discombobulous’ (1969)
‘The Procession’ (1969)
‘Sailor Jack and the 20 Orphans’ (1970)
‘The Little Witch’ (1970)
‘The Princess and the Clown’ (1971)
‘The Boy with Two Shadows’ (1971)
‘The Man whose Mother Was a Pirate’ (1972)
’17 Kings and 42 Elephants’ (1972)
‘The Railway Engine and the Hairy Brigands’ (1973)
‘Clancy’s Cabin’ (1974)
‘The Bus under the Leaves’ (1974)
‘The Rare Spotted Birthday Party’ (1974)
‘Stepmother’ (1974)
‘Rooms to Let’ (‘Rooms for Let’) (1974)
‘The Witch in the Cherry Tree’ (1974)
‘Ultra-violet Catastrophe!’ (1975)
‘New Zealand: Yesterday and Today’ (1975)
‘The Great Millionaire Kidnap’ (1975)
‘The Boy who Was Followed Home’ (1975)
‘Leaf Magic’ (1976)
‘David’s Witch Doctor’ (1976)
‘The Wind between the Stars’ (1976)
‘Look under V’ (1977)
‘Non-stop Nonsense’ (1977)
‘The Pirate Uncle’ (1977)
‘The Great Piratical Rumbustification’ (1978)
‘Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles’ (1981)
‘The Haunting’ (1982)
‘The Chewing-gum Rescue and Other Stories’ (1982)
‘The Pirates’ Mixed-up Voyage’ (1983)
‘The Birthday Burgler’ (1984)
‘The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance’ (1984)
‘The Dragon’s Birthday’ (1984)
‘Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites’ (1984)
‘The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate’ (1985)
‘The Catalogue of the Universe‘ (1985)
‘Jam: A True Story‘ (1985)
‘The Downhill Crocodile Whizz and Other Stories‘ (1986)
‘The Tricksters‘ (1986)
‘Aliens in the Family‘ (1986)
‘The Girl who Washed in Moonlight‘ (1987)
‘Chocolate Porridge and Other Stories‘ (1987)
‘Memory‘ (1987)
‘The Boy who Bounced and Other Magic Tales‘ (1988)
‘The Door in the Air and Other Stories‘ (1988)
‘The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak‘ (1989)
‘The Great White Man-eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale‘ (1989)
‘The Tin Can Band and Other Poems‘ (1989)
‘The Seven Chinese Brothers‘ (1989)
‘Making Friends‘ (1990)
‘The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper‘ (1990)
‘Dangerous Species‘ (1990)
‘Blue Trouble and Other Poems and Stories‘ (1991)
‘Keeping House‘ (1991)
‘The Horrendous Hullabaloo‘ (1992)
Underrunners (1992)
‘The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories about Magic in Nature‘ (1992)
‘The Good Fortune Gang‘ (1993)
‘A Fortunate Name‘ (1993)
‘A Fortune Branches out‘ (1993)
‘Tangled Fortunes‘ (1994)
‘The Three-legged Cat‘ (1993)
‘A Busy Day for a Good Grandmother‘ (1993)
‘The Greatest Show off Earth‘ (1994)
‘The Dragon’s Telephone‘ (1994)
‘The Rattlebang Picnic‘ (1994)
‘The Christmas Tree Tangle‘ (1994)
‘The Big Black Bulging Bump‘ (1995)
‘Tingleberries, Tuckerbubs and Telephones: A Tale of Love and Ice-cream‘ (1995)
‘The Other Side of Silence‘ (1995)
‘Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom!‘ (1995)
‘The Five Sisters‘ (1996)
‘Questions Kids Ask Margaret Mahy‘ (1996)
‘Beaten by a Balloon‘ (1997)
‘Operator Terror‘ (1997)
‘The Horrible Haunted School‘ (1997)
‘A Summer Saturday Morning‘ (1998)
‘Down in the Dump with Dinsmore‘ (1998)
‘Don’t’s Read This! And Other Tales of the Unnatural‘ (1998)
‘A Villain’s Night out‘ (1999)
‘Simply Delicious!‘ (1999)
24 Hours‘ (2000)
‘Down the Dragon’s Tongue‘ (2000)
‘A Dissolving Ghost: Essays and More‘ (2000)
‘The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom‘ (2001)
‘Dashing Dog!‘ (2002)
‘Alchemy‘ (2002)
‘Zereldfa’s Horses‘ (2005)
‘Maddigan’s Fantasia’ (a.k.a. ‘Maddigan’s Quest‘) (2005)
‘Kaitangata Twitch‘ (2005)
‘Portable Ghosts‘ (2006)
‘Down the Back of the Chair‘ (2006)
‘Family Surprises‘ (2006)
‘Bubble Trouble‘ (2008)
‘The Magician of Hoad’ (a.k.a. ‘Heriot’) (2008)
‘Awesome Aotearoa: Margaret Mahy’s History of New Zealand‘ (2009)
‘The Dark Blue 100-ride Bus Ticket‘ (2009)
‘The Word Witch: The Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy‘ (2009)
‘Organ Music‘ (2010)
‘The Moon and Farmer McPhee‘ (2010)
‘The Margaret Mahy Treasury‘ (2011)
‘Footsteps through the Fog‘ (2012)
‘The Green Bath‘ (2013)
‘Tale of a Tail‘ (2014)

Website:
http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/MargaretMahy/