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[Author name] is a writer of [fiction and non-fiction for adults and children] [novelist, short story writer and creative writing teacher]. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or won awards, including [names]. Her work, often focusing on themes of [eg history, peace and war], has won numerous prizes and awards.She herself has been recognised with the prestigious Storylines Margaret Mahy Award and the [eg Ignition Children’s Book Festival Award]. She has also been the recipient of a writing residency at [eg the University of Otago]. She lives in [place], New Zealand.

Biography
[Author name] was born on [date] in [place] and grew up in [place].

She lists/cites some of her favourite childhood reading as ...

She was educated at [ School], and studied [subject] at the [University], graduating with [degree].

She worked as a [role] before becoming a full-time writer in [date] and has written more than [number] books for trade and educational publishers.

Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards. She has also had work published in the School Journal and broadcast on Radio New Zealand. She has appeared at a number of festivals and literary events including [names and dates].

Her writing includes list] [eg] scientific papers, articles for Te Ara, non-fiction history texts, novels for children and young adults and short stories in anthologies such as [titles and publishers ] the Annual (Gecko Press, 2016). and often carries underlying themes of [eg] the natural environment, New Zealand history, flora and fauna and Maori folklore and heritage.

Several of her children’s books have been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults or named as Storylines Notable Books. Her novels [title] were among the books mentioned by Tessa Duder in an article on the history of children's literature in New Zealand. [Title] was shortlisted for the New Zealand Heritage Book and Writing Awards.

With a group of other writers, she runs an online writing initiative for children called FABO Story and she visits schools as part of the New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools programme.

She is married with [number of] children and lives in [place]

Awards and Prizes
In [year], [name] was the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence.

{title] won the Children's Book of the Year Award in [year]. [Title] won the Senior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in [year].

[Name] was awarded the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal in [date] and delivered her speech titled "".

In the [Honours], [name] was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to children's literature.

Gallery
Marilyn Duckworth, (1935 - ) writer

On a number of occasions, buses have become stuck on the narrow corners of Brooklyn roads.

Politics
Brooklyn is within the Wellington City Council's Paekawakawa/Southern General Ward and is currently represented on the Council by two councillors: Laurie Foon and Nureddin Abdurahman.

Brooklyn is located within the Wellinton Central general and Tāmaki Makaurau Māori parliamentary electorates. Since the 2008 New Zealand general election, the Māngere electorate has been represented by Aupito William Sio, while Peeni Henare has been the Member of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau since. In the 2014 New Zealand general election, the voters of the suburb narrowly preferred the New Zealand National Party, despite the electorate overall voting strongly for the Labour Party. Māngere Bridge voters gave a relative majority to the Labour Party in 2017. Among Māngere Bridge polling stations in 2017 and 2020, support for the New Zealand National Party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand was higher compared to the overall average for the Māngere electorate.



Ronda Armitage is a children's writer, teacher and counsellor. She lives in England.

Biography
Ronda Armitage was born in Kaikoura, New Zealand, on 11 March 1943.

She worked as a teacher and is a trained counsellor, but is best known for her many children's books, including the Lighthouse Keeper series, inspired by the Beachy Head lighthouse.

She moved to England in 1974 with her husband David Armitage and two children and now lives in East Sussex. David Armitage has illustrated many of her books.

Awards and Prizes
Ronda Armitage's first book (and the first in the Lighthouse Keeper series), The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch, won the 1978 Esther Glen Award. This title was also named in the booklist for Fifty Favourite Books From The Last Fifty Years by The Federation of Children’s Book Groups.

In 2013, she won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award for A Very Strange Creature.