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1912-2001.
Born in Hamilton and educated at Auckland University before raising four children, Elsie Locke won an honorary DLit from the University of Canterbury in 1997 for her lifetime's work as a children's writer, historian, editor and activist for peace and women's affairs. Her best-known children's book, The Runaway Settlers, remains in print after more than 38 years and in 1999 won the inaugural Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much Loved Book. She has also written an acclaimed autobiography.
Bibliography:
The Runaway settlers illustrated by Antony Maitland. (Jonathan Cape; Blackwood & Janet Paul) 1965
End of the harbour illustrated by Katarina Mataira. (Jonathan Cape; Blackwood & Janet Paul) 1968
Boy with the snowgrass hair by Elsie Locke and Ken Dawson ; illustrations by Jean Oates ; maps by Cath Brown. (Whitcoulls) 1976
Explorer Zach illustrations by David Waddington (Pumpkin Press) 1978
Journey under warning illustrations by Margaret Chapman ; maps by Libby Plumridge Oxford University Press, 1983
Kauri and the willow: how we lived and grew from 1801-1942 (Government Printer) 1984
Canoe in the mist illustrated by John Shelley (Jonathan Cape) 1984
Two peoples, one land : a history of Aotearoa/New Zealand especially for younger readers (GP Books) 1988
Joe's Ruby illustrated by Gary Hebley (Cape Catley) 1995
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Awards:
Margaret Mahy Award 1995; Gaelyn Gordon Award 1999 |
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Title:
The Runaway Settlers
Publisher:
Hazard Press
Year: 1993
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Title:
Journey Under Warning
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Oxford University Press
Year: 1983
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Title:
The Boy With The Snowgrass Hair
Publisher:
Whitcoulls
Year: 1976
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Title:
The End of the Harbour
Publisher:
Blackwood & Janet Paul
Year: 1968
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