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.