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Margaret Mahy

New Zealand children's writer (1936-2012)

  • Fame49.8
  • Momentum1.0
  • Wikipedia1.2K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1936–2012, aged 76New Zealand
New ZealandNew ZealandWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    21 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1936–2012
    Aged 76
  • Known for
    The Changeover
    2017
Summary
Updated 2026-06-18

Margaret Mahy 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 the themes of human relationships and growing up. She wrote more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories. At her death she was one of thirty writers to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her "lasting contribution to children's literature".

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49.8
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Momentum1.0
Historical18.0
Now attention5.6
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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