Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy (born 1936-2012) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.
Margaret Mahy has won several awards, including the Esther Glen Medal of the New Zealand Library Association in 1983 for The Haunting and the Carnegie Medal for The Haunting in 1982, The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance in 1986 and The Memory in 1987.
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Speculative Fiction Books
The Magician of Hoad
2008 | fantasy, young adult
Kaitangata Twitch
2005 | fantasy, young adult
Maddigan's Fantasia
2005 | fantasy, young adult
Alchemy
2002 | fantasy, young adult
The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom
2001 | fantasy, young adult
The Horribly Haunted School
1998 | fantasy, horror, young adult
The Greatest Show Off Earth
1994 | science fiction, young adult
Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles
1993 | fantasy, childrens
The Pirates' Mixed-Up Voyage
1993 | fantasy, childrens
Dangerous Spaces
1992 | fantasy, young adult
The Girl With the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature
1992 | fantasy, childrens, short stories
The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak
1991 | fantasy, childrens
Leaf Magic and Five Other Stories
1988 | fantasy, childrens, short stories
The Door in the Air and Other Stories
1988 | fantasy, short stories, young adult
The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales
1988 | fantasy, short stories, young adult
The Downhill Crocodile Whizz and Other Stories
1988 | fantasy, childrens, short stories
The Tricksters
1986 | fantasy, thriller, young adult
Aliens in the Family
1985 | science fiction, fantasy, young adult
The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance
1984 | fantasy, young adult
The Haunting
1982 | fantasy, young adult
Fictions and Others
The Other Side of Silence
1995 | mainstream, magical realism, young adult, mystery
Memory
1987 | mainstream, young adult