Global InformationCarolyn McCurdie information
Carolyn McCurdie | |
|---|---|
| Born | England |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Notable awards | Lilian Ida Smith Award, First prize New Zealand Poetry Society’s International Poetry Competition |
Carolyn McCurdie is a British-born New Zealand author.
McCurdie was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1950, aged three. She grew up in Dunedin and has also lived in Auckland, Waiheke Island, and Australia.[1]
McCurdie has worked as a teacher and librarian at the Blueskin Bay library. In 2002 she was mentored by Sue McCauley.[2][1]
In 2012 McCurdie published her first novel for young adults, The Unquiet.[3] She published Albatross, a collection of short stories in 2006, and a poetry collection, Bones in the Octagon, in 2015.[4][5] McCurdie has also been published in Landfall[6][7] and Takahē,[8] and her work has appeared on Radio New Zealand.[2]
- ^ a b "Carolyn McCurdie". Storylines. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Carolyn McCurdie". Penguin New Zealand. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ McCurdie, Carolyn (2012). The Unquiet. Longacre. ISBN 9781775531357.
- ^ McCurdie, Carolyn (2015). Bones in the Octagon. Mākaro Press. ISBN 9780994117212.
- ^ "Carolyn McCurdie". Otago Writers Network. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Landfall 228". University of Otago. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Landfall 233" (PDF). University of Otago. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ McCurdie, Carolyn (28 November 2016). "t. 90, Wes Lee, Shooting Gallery". Takahē Magazine. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.