Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand | Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa
Heather Haylock was born and grew up in Rotorua. As a child, she could often be found reading a book while sitting on her horse, or perched way up high in a tree. She went to the University of Waikato and gained a Master of Social Sciences, majoring in Geography and specialising in natural hazards and disasters. She worked, for a while, as a resource management planner in Rotorua and Auckland.
She currently lives in Auckland with her family. She was overjoyed to have her manuscript, Granny McFlitter the Champion Knitter, chosen for the 2017 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award text, and over the moon to see the wonderful illustrations done by the winner, Lael Chisholm.
Heather loves the challenge of knitting words into stories. Now, thanks to her research for Granny McFlitter and the penguins, Heather is also able to knit yarn into jumpers. As well as the books in the Granny McFlitter series, Heather has written a number of books for the education market – both fiction and non-fiction.
If you want to find her, try looking up. She may be reading or writing a book, or knitting a jumper, way up high in a tree.
