Author · 1936–2012
Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand children's writer (1936-2012). Born in Whakatāne.
Our catalogue lists 16 books by Margaret Mahy, mostly pirate adventure, stage-magic fiction and witch fiction. They span 1969 to 2013. The most-read is The Changeover (1974).
Books by Margaret Mahy
The Changeover
Margaret Mahy
The Haunting
Margaret Mahy
The Seven Chinese Brothers
Margaret Mahy
The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate
Margaret Mahy
A Lion in the Meadow
Margaret Mahy
The Witch in the Cherry Tree
Margaret Mahy
Alchemy
Margaret Mahy
The Pirates Mixed-Up Voyage
Margaret Mahy
Great Piratical Rumbustification
Margaret Mahy
Dangerous Spaces
Margaret Mahy
Tingleberries, Tuckertubs and Telephones
Margaret Mahy
Maddigan's Fantasia
Margaret Mahy
The Greatest Show Off Earth
Margaret Mahy
The Green Bath
Margaret Mahy
The Magician of Hoad
Margaret Mahy
Heriot
Margaret Mahy
Awards
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1987 — Best Novel, The Tricksters (nominee)
Biography
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.