Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy, ONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books.

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I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults.

Tags: Time, Great, Long

Margaret Mahy

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.

Tags: Life, Fear, Different

Margaret Mahy

Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too.

Tags: Smart, Washington, Billy

Margaret Mahy

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.

Tags: Experience, Since, Perhaps

Margaret Mahy