Margaret Mahy was a former Children's Librarian at Christchurch City Libraries and one of the world's best and most famous children's authors. ... In 1980 she became a fulltime writer and has gone on to win numerous awards for her books, and honours for her contribution to New Zealand and children's literature.
Margaret Mahy was born in Whakatane in 1936, and wrote her first story at the age of seven.
After graduating from Auckland University College and Canterbury University College, in 1955, with a BA, Margaret Mahy then attended the New Zealand Library School in Wellington, received her Librarian’s diploma, and then went to work for the Petone Public Library.
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