Margaret Mahy
2 universes Last reviewed 2026-09-27
Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult fiction, one of the country's most celebrated writers, with more than 150 titles translated into many languages. Many of her books combine strong supernatural elements with close attention to family relationships and growing up, and her novels have been translated into languages from German and Japanese to Catalan and Afrikaans. She was the fourth writer to win the Carnegie Medal twice, for The Haunting (1982) and The Changeover (1984), and she received the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the international children's literature prize. She was appointed to the Order of New Zealand, the country's highest honour, in 1993.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 1
- Current rank: #319 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 4.06
- Award recognitions: 1 won
- Core Canon books: 1
- Current rank: #622 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.79
- Award recognitions: 1 won
Books
Aggregate across all universes
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (2 won)
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The Haunting (1982) · The Haunting Core Canon
The Changeover (1984) · The Changeover Core Canon