Margaret Mahy Mahy, with her characteristic rainbow wig, at the Kaiapoi Club, July 2011 Born (1936-03-21)21 March 1936 Whakatane, New Zealand Died 23 July 2012(2012-07-23) (aged 76) Christchurch, New Zealand Occupation Writer, librarian Period 1969–2012 Genre Children's picture books, supernatural fiction Notable works A Lion in the Meadow The Haunting The Changeover Memory Notable awards Carnegie Medal 1982, 1984 Hans Christian Andersen...
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Margaret Mahy Mahy, with her characteristic rainbow wig, at the Kaiapoi Club, July 2011 Born (1936-03-21)21 March 1936 Whakatane, New Zealand Died 23 July 2012(2012-07-23) (aged 76) Christchurch, New Zealand Occupation Writer, librarian Period 1969–2012 Genre Children's picture books, supernatural fiction Notable works A Lion in the Meadow The Haunting The Changeover Memory Notable awards Carnegie Medal 1982, 1984 Hans Christian Andersen...