Margaret Mahy THE NEW ZEALAND FAMOUS AUTHOR

 Kia Ora,

Today I will share you the things that I've learnt about Margaret Mahy when her first book was published and some of the achieve she has made.

Margaret Mahy was born in Whakatane in 1963 and was the eldest of five children. Her mother was a teacher and she was considered a slow learner and hated maths in every way. Margaret Mahy’s first published book was called “ Harry is Bad” she had this published when she was only a seven year old child. Margaret was brave enough to show it to her classmates to tell them that they could also write stories at such a young age.

Margaret went to a local high school where she was also acknowledged as a very talented swimmer. When she had completed her B.A ( Bachelor of Arts) in college and graduated in 1955. She went to train at the New Zealand library school as a librarian in 1956. Then one of her first books made her become known internationally.

Margaret Mahy was now known as a famous New Zealander known as an author of children’s and young adult books. She is also one of the world’s and most famous children’s authors. She had written more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories which was pretty impressive. Unfortunately for her she was diagnosed with cancer and sadly passed away at the age of 76 years old in 2012. But her books will stay forever and will be a remembrance of her works and all of the amazing  stuff she had done and made, and hope that she will not be forgotten.