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Gaelyn Gordon
Born
Gaelyn Hughes

(1939-11-26)26 November 1939
Hāwera, New Zealand
Died17 May 1997(1997-05-17) (aged 57)
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupations
  • Children's writer
  • novelist
  • schoolteacher
SpousePeter Gordon
Children2

Gaelyn Gordon (née Hughes; 26 November 1939 – 17 May 1997) was a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and schoolteacher. In a ten-year period between retiring as a teacher and her early death, she wrote a number of fantasy novels for young adults, picture books for young children, and crime novels for adults. After her death, the Gaelyn Gordon Award was established in her memory.

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Gaelyn Gordon (née Hughes; 26 November 1939 – 17 May 1997) was a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and schoolteacher. In a ten-year period between...

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Gaelyn Gordon Award

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The Gaelyn Gordon Award is awarded annually by the Children's Literature Foundation (now called the Storylines Children's Literature Foundation) to a...

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and a stage show. In 2004 Under the Mountain was the recipient of the Gaelyn Gordon Award, awarded annually to a "much-loved" New Zealand children's book...

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books (first published 2001), for which he received the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award in 2015. Darroch's cartoons have appeared in a number of newspapers...

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Des Hunt

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for or have won awards, including Cry of the Taniwha which won the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book in 2016. He was also the recipient of the...

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family still live in Governors Bay. The book received the inaugural Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book in 1999 – one of Locke's most treasured...

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New Zealand literature

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fantasy writers for children and young adults include Sherryl Jordan, Gaelyn Gordon, Elizabeth Knox, Barbara Else and David Hair. From the 1980s, young...

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Slippers was her husband's old slippers. It became well-known and won a Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much–Loved book in 2000. Grandpa's Slippers was followed...

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List of New Zealand women writers

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playwright Charlotte Godley (1821–1907), letter writer and community leader Gaelyn Gordon (1939–1997), children's writer, crime fiction writer and short story...

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Book Awards. Uncle Trev, first published in 1991, won the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book in 2012. Lasenby was awarded the Buddle...

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Night. In 2001, Who Sank The Boat?, first published in 1982, won the Gaelyn Gordon Award—given to the author of a New Zealand children's book that has...

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1974–2016 Notable works How Māui Slowed the Sun Notable awards Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book for How Maui Slowed the Sun Spouse Josephine...

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Ballinger Belt (1982) (born 1938). Joy Watson, children's author, Gaelyn Gordon Award (2000) (born 1938). 5 October – Pam Williams, Hall of Fame businesswoman...

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for literature. In 2011, Mere Whaanga also received the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for Tangaroa's Gift. The singing dolphin: Te Aihe i Waiata was...

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List of New Zealand writers

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lawyer Charlotte Godley (1821–1907), letter-writer and community leader Gaelyn Gordon (1939–1997), children's writer, crime fiction writer and short story...

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Sherryl Jordan

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List Young Adult Fiction list for Time of the Eagle 2010 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for Denzil's Dilemma 2011 Storylines Notable Books List Junior...

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Betty Gilderdale

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Gilderdale Award. The Little Yellow Digger won the 2003 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book. A Sea Change: 145 Years of New Zealand...

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Elspeth Sandys

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literature. In 1992 Sandys was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Gaelyn Gordon. She was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship, in 1995, a literary residency...

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New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

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Apartments Lesley Moyes Picture Book  1999 The Life-Size Inflatable Whale Gaelyn Gordon; ill. by John Tarlton Picture Book 2000 Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack ...

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Tessa Duder Award

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of the winners of the Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Joy Cowley Award and the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. This event is held in Auckland on the weekend...

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Storylines Notable Book Awards

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Storylines Tessa Duder Award, Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Joy Cowley Award and the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. This event is held in Auckland on the weekend...

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