Margaret Mahy
Biography
Margaret Mahy
Born in Whakatane in 1936, Margaret Mahy has lived in New Zealand her entire life. A former children's librarian, she decided to become a full time writer in 1980. From picture books to YA novels, the age groups for which she writes vary as much as the characters in her stories. She won a British Library Association's Carnegie Medal for THE HAUNTING in 1982 and THE CHANGEOVER in 1984. In 1993, Mahy received an Order of New Zealand, the highest honor a citizen can receive.
Margaret Mahy
