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Sandy McKay

Sandy McKay is a New Zealand children's writer, freelance author and adult literacy tutor. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, including Recycled, which won the Junior Fiction section of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2002. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1]

Sandy McKay
Born25 August 1959
Dunedin
OccupationWriter
NationalityNew Zealand

Biography

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McKay was born on 25 August 1959 in Dunedin.[2][3] After leaving school at 17, she worked for several years before attending the University of Otago and graduating with a BA in political studies.[4] She has been a waitress, fruit picker, office worker and fruit shop owner, and began to write children's fiction after her own children were born.[4][5] In 2002, she was the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence.[6]

Several of her books have been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults or the Esther Glen Award, or named as Storylines Notable Books. Her stories have appeared in anthologies such as Stories for 7 year olds (Random House, 2014) and Stories for 6 year olds (Random House, 2014), and she has written feature articles for several magazines including Next, More, NZ Woman’s Weekly and Kiwi Parent.[4][5] Recycled won the Junior Fiction category in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2002.[7]

She also works as an adult literacy tutor for Literacy Aotearoa[8] and visits schools as part of the New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools programme.[5]

She is married with three children and lives in Dunedin.[4][2]

Bibliography 

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  • Recycled (Longacre Press, 2001)[9]
  • My Dad, the All Black Longacre Press, 2002)[10]
  • Becky's Big Race (Wendy Pye Publishing, 2002)
  • Colin Goes Bush (Longacre Press, 2003)
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Longacre Press, 2004)
  • Barry & Bitsa illustrated by Anna Evans [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin, 2005)
  • I'm Telling On You illustrated by Trevor Pye [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin, 2006)
  • Losing It (Longacre Press, 2007)[11][12]
  • One Stroppy Jockey (Longacre Press, 2007)[4]
  • Me and Jason Ballinger illustrated by Fraser Williamson [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin, 2008)
  • Eureka! (Mallinson Rendel, 2008)
  • Spiders In My Stomach (Wendy Pye Publishing, 2008)
  • My Tripp Smells a Rat illustrated by Ruth Paul (Walker Books, 2011)
  • Mr Tripp Goes for a Skate illustrated by Ruth Paul (Walker Books, 2011)
  • When Our Jack Went to War (Longacre Press, 2013)[13][14][15][16]
  • Charlotte and the Golden Promise (Penguin, 2014)[17][18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Sandra McKay Jordan Obituary 2024". Raymer - Kepner Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sandy McKay". Storylines. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Interview with Sandy McKay". Christchurch City Libraries. 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "One Stroppy Jockey The Christine Lawn Story; with Sandy McKay". Horsetalk. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "McKay, Sandy". Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Otago Fellows". University of Otago. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Past Winners: 2002". NZ Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ^ Harwood, Brenda (23 October 2009). "New literacy programme". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ English, Philip (10 May 2001). "Sandy McKay: Recycled". NZ herald. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Rugby read #2 – My Dad, the All Black by Sandy McKay". Christchurch Kids Blog. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  11. ^ Agnew, Trevor (29 March 2008). "Gripping Trio of Tales for Teens". agnew reading. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  12. ^ Bilbrough, Norman (1 March 2008). "Strangers and journeys". New Zealand review of books Pukapuka Aotearoa. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  13. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn (5 December 2013). "A lot to live up to". New Zealand review of books Pukapuka Aotearoa. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  14. ^ Forster, Sarah (25 April 2017). "Book List: NZ books about war and pacifism". The Sapling. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  15. ^ Docherty, Bob (13 May 2013). "When Our Jack went to War by Sandy McKay". Bobs Books Blog. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  16. ^ "When our Jack went to war by Sandy McKay". Children's war books. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  17. ^ Reardon, Tierney (3 March 2014). "Book Review: Charlotte and the Golden Promise, by Sandy McKay". Booksellers New Zealand. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  18. ^ Docherty, Bob (29 January 2014). "Charlotte and the Golden Promise by Sandy McKay". Bobs Books Blog. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  19. ^ McConnachie, JJ. "Charlotte and the Golden Promise by Sandy McKay". NZ Booklovers. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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