Margaret Mahy Has Passed On
July 23, 2012
Margaret Mahy has passed on. The author behind A Lion in the Meadow and many other classic titles passed away at 76-years-old. Throughout her career, the New Zealand native published more than 200 books.
"Mahy wrote her first book at age seven. A solo mother of two, she brought up her children at Governors Bay on Banks Peninsula, working as a librarian by day and writing through the night...Mahy received numerous honours and awards. But the year she turned 70 she was awarded perhaps the most prestigious - the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lasting contribution to children's literature."