Margaret Beames (18 October 1935 – 9 February 2016) was a multi-award-winning author of children's books who lived in Feilding, New Zealand.[1][2][3] Her first book was The Greenstone Summer, published in 1977.[2] She had 42 books published, including one posthumously.[4][5]

Awards

Beames' 2000 book Oliver in the Garden won the Picture Book category and the Children's Choice Award at the 2001 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and was included in the 2000 Storylines Notable Books List (Picture Books category), and the White Ravens list, organised by the International Youth Library.[3][6] Four other books of hers were included on the Storylines Notable Books List: Storm on the 2000 Junior Fiction list; Outlanders on the 2001 Senior Fiction list; Duster on the 2003 Junior Fiction list; and Spirit of the Deep on the 2007 Young Adult Fiction list.[3] Two of her books were finalists in the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Archway Arrow in 1997, and The Shearwater Bell in 1998.[3] She was the University of Otago College of Education Writer in Residence in 2005.[3]

Personal life

Beames was born in Oxford, England, and lived in Kenya for two years.[1][2] In 1974, she moved to New Zealand and worked as a teacher for more than 30 years.[3] She was married with two children and six grandchildren.[3] She died on 9 February 2016.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Margaret Beames". Interviews with NZ Childrens Authors. Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Beames, Margaret". Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Margaret Beames". Storylines.org.nz. Auckland, New Zealand: Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Beames, Margaret (22 February 2010). The Shearwater Bell. Mountain View, CA. ISBN 9781869439484. OCLC 62499916. Retrieved 29 July 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Kilmister, Sam (2 January 2018). "Husband of late children's author Margaret Beames ensures publication of last book". Stuff. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "2001 Awards". New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Wellington, New Zealand: Booksellers New Zealand. 28 September 2011. OCLC 182896192. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Margaret Rose BEAMES". Manawatū Standard. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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