Story-Go-Round

New Zealand Authors 

(Children's and Teenagers'  Novels)

Compiled by Lorraine Orman

Useful information about New Zealand authors, titles, local awards, etc. is available in New Zealand Children's Books in Print (annual, annotated), published by Junior Publications, email nzcbip@allsorts.co.nz

Also check my Links page for hotlinks to Web sites which provide more information about New Zealand children's authors and books. For well-known writers the best site to visit is the New Zealand Book Council.

Note: Reading level of titles is indicated by J (Junior), I (Intermediate), or T (Teenage). See Author Lists Introduction for more information about reading levels and choice of titles.

Batt, Tanya
A Child's Book of Faeries (J)
The Faery's Gift (J)

Beaglehole, Helen
Because He's My Brother (T)
Hanging On Letting Go (T)

Beale, Fleur
I Am Not Esther (T)
 Deadly Prospects (T)
Lucky For Some (T)

Beames, Margaret
The Shearwater Bell (I)
Storm (I)
Outlanders (I,T)
Josef's Bear (J,I)

Beckett, Bernard
Jolt (T)
No Alarms (T)
Home Boys (T)
Malcolm & Juliett (T)

Bennett, Jean
Smokey The Dragon (J)
Call of the Selkie (J)

Boock, Paula
Out Walked Mel (T)
Dare Truth or Promise (T)

Brassi, G.
Mayday! (I)
Riding the Rough (I)
Skull Island (J)

 Brooke, Agnes-Mary
A Ring Around the Sun (I)
Night of the Medlar series (J,I)
The Mora Stone (I,T)

Bunn, Alan
Road Warriors (T)
 Water in the Blood (T)
Eyes in the Shadows (T)

Cartwright, Pauline
What! No TV? (J)
Princess Jacinda (J)
Finding Father: The Diary of Mary Brogan (I)

Catran, Ken
Letters from the Coffin-Trenches (T)
Tomorrow the Dark (T)
Lin and the Red Stranger (T)
Seal Boy (T)

Catran, Wendy
Not Raining Today (T)
Katie Raven's Fire (T)

Corlett, Shirley
The Stolen (I)
The Weather-Makers (I)
Abandon Ship! The Diary of Debbie Atherton (I) 

Cowley, Joy
Wild Wests series (J)
Shadrach series (I,T)
Froghopper series (J)

 De Goldi, Kate
Sanctuary (T)
Closed, Stranger (T)

Duder, Tessa
Jellybean (I)
Alex series (I,T)
The Tiggie Tompson series (T)

 Edwards, Denis
Killer Moves (I,T)
Rebound (I,T)

Ell, Sarah
Fired Up (I,T)
When the War Came Home (I,T)

 Else, Barbara
Skitterfoot Leaper (J)
Tricky Situations (J,I)

Falkner, Brian
Henry and the Flea (J)
The Real Thing (J)

Ford, Vince
2MUCH4U (I,T)
It's a Try (I,T)
SOMUCH2DO (I,T)
A Handful of Blue (I,T)

 Gee, Maurice
The Halfmen of O trilogy (I)
The Fat Man (I)
Hostel Girl (T)

 Gibson, Marie
Watch the Ganders (J)
The Gap (J,I)

Hill, David
See Ya, Simon (J,I)
Right Where It Hurts (T)
Journey to Tangiwai (I)
No Safe Harbour (I)
Coming Back (I,T)

 Holcroft, Anthony
The Night Bees (I,T)
The White Bird and Other Stories (I,T)

Hunter, Eirlys
Finn's Quest series (I)
The Quake (J)

 

Jones, V. M.
Buddy (I,T)
Juggling With Mandarins (I,T)
The Serpents of Arakesh (I,T)
Beyond the Shroud (I,T)

Jordan, Sherryl
Denzil series (J,I)
Rocco (I,T)
The Raging Quiet (T)
The Hunting of the Last Dragon (J,I)

Joseph, V.R.
Raindancer (T)
The Thin Line (T)

 

  Kerr, Bob
The Paper War (J)
Strange Tales From the Mall (T)

Lasenby, Jack
Dead Man's Head series (I,T)
Because We Were the Travellers series (T)

Lay, Graeme
Leaving One-Foot Island (T)
Return to One-Foot Island (T)
Wave Rider (T)

Lowry, Brigid
Guitar Highway Rose (T)
Follow the Blue (T)

Mahy, Margaret
A Villain's Night Out (J,I)
The Changeover (T)
Memory (T)
24 Hours (T)
Alchemy (T)

 Marriott, Janice
Letters to Lesley (I)
Crossroads (T)

Maybury, Ged
The Triggerstone (I)
Horse Apples series (J)

McKay, Sandy
Recycled (J)
My Dad, the All Black (J)
Colin Goes Bush (J)

 McKinnon, Kingi
Whitebait Fritters (J)
When the Kehua Calls (J)

McNabb, Linda
The Dragon Apprentice (J)
The Puppet Master (J)

The Stonekeeper's Daughter (I)

 Noonan, Diana
A Dolphin in the Bay (J,I)
The Whaler's Garden (T)

Orwin, Joanna
The Guardian of the Land (I)
Owl (I)

Owen, Julia
Black Gold (J,I)
Snapped (T)
Wish Away (T)
Beneath the Surf (T)

Parker, John
Dragonspell (J)
Edge of Disaster (I)
Horrible Hank (J,I)
Jim's Run (I)

 Pulford, Elizabeth
The Memory Tree (J)
Call of the Cruins (J,I)
Jellylegs (J)

Roxborogh, Tania Kelly
Compulsion (T)
Grit (T)
Whispers (T)

 Quinn, Pat
The Value of X (T)
Too Chicken (J)
Ratz (T)
Starz (T) 

Taylor, William
Agnes the Sheep (J,I)
Knitwits trilogy (J)
Poddy (I)
Spider (T)

Todd, Penelope
Peri (T)
Boy Next Door (T)
Watermark (T)

Trussell-Cullen, Alan
My Pet Person (J)
Playing With Words (J)

Werry, Philippa
The Lost Watch (J)
Wonderful Wheels Day (J)

 Westaway, Jane
Reliable Friendly Girls (T)
Love and Other Excuses (T)

Wilson, Trevor
Going For Gold (I,T)

 

 

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