Elena de Roo explained

Elena de Roo is a New Zealand children's writer and poet. She has been the recipient of several awards including the Todd New Writer’s Bursary in 2010 and the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence Fellowship in 2020. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Biography

Elena de Roo was born in Hamilton.[1] She attended seven different primary schools around New Zealand until moving to Auckland when she was eleven.[2]

She graduated with a degree in English from the University of Auckland and later worked as a librarian.

She started writing for children in 2004.[3] Several of her books have been named in the Storylines Notable Books List. She has written for educational publishers in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.[4] [5] Her work has also appeared in Poems in the Waiting Room,[6] online blogs[7] and anthologies such as A Treasury of NZ Poems for Children (Penguin Random House, 2014)[8] [9] and Summer Days: Stories and Poems Celebrating the Kiwi Summer (Penguin Random House, 2017).[10]

She is one of the authors of the children’s writing online competition FABO Story.[11] [12]

In 2018, Elena de Roo completed a Master of Creative Writing at Auckland University of Technology.[13] [14]

She is married with three children and lives in Auckland.

Awards and Prizes 

Elena de Roo was the recipient of the Todd New Writer’s Bursary in 2010.[15] In the same year, she won the Manawatū (New Zealand) International Poetry for Performance Competition. She was Commended in the 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Competition.[16]

In 2020, she was awarded the University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence Fellowship.[17]

Bibliography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elena de Roo. Storylines. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160125114355/http://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+D-H/More+in+Profiles+D-H/Elena+de+Roo.html . 2016-01-25 . 10 January 2020.
  2. Web site: The Treasury Interviews: The Sharks from Adventure School interview Elena de Roo. 17 October 2014. Poetry Box. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141027131240/http://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/the-treasury-interviews-the-sharks-from-adventure-school-interview-elena-de-roo/ . 2014-10-27 . 11 January 2020.
  3. Web site: About Elena. Elena de Roo: children's writer & poet. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150813025425/http://elenaderoo.com/about.html . 2015-08-13 . 11 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Poems. Elena de Roo: children's writer & poet. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160219015132/http://elenaderoo.com/poems.html . 2016-02-19 . 10 January 2020.
  5. Web site: If. de Roo. Elena. January 2015. TKI Literacy Online. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170724004156/http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz:80/Instructional-Series/Junior-Journal/Junior-Journal-51-Level-2-2015/If . 2017-07-24 . 10 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Spring 2019. 5 September 2019. Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204625/https://waitingroompoems.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/spring-2019/ . 2020-01-10 . 10 January 2020.
  7. Web site: A Poem by Elena de Roo. Green. Paula. 27 February 2013. Poetry Box: a New Zealand poetry page for children. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204623/https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/a-poem-by-elena-de-roo/ . 2020-01-10 . 10 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Book List: an alphabet of poetry for kids: Z is for (A Treasury of New) Zealand (Poetry). Green. Paula. 25 August 2017. The Sapling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130121907/https://www.thesapling.co.nz/single-post/2017/08/25/Book-List-An-Alphabet-of-Poetry-for-Kids . 2018-01-30 . 10 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Waxing and waning. 2 April 2015. Backyard Books NZ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194403/https://backyardbooks.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/waxing-and-waning/ . 2016-10-08 . 10 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Summer Days. Fraser. Rebekah. NZ Booklovers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204624/https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/summer-days . 2020-01-10 . 10 January 2020.
  11. Web site: About FABO. FABO Story. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140831140353/http://fabostory.wordpress.com:80/about-fabo/ . 2014-08-31 . 10 January 2020.
  12. Web site: Elena's FABO Story Judge's Report. 16 September 2019. FABO Story. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128071539/https://fabostory.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/elenas-fabo-story-judges-report/ . 2019-11-28 . 10 January 2020.
  13. Web site: Elena de Roo. NZSA New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204623/https://authors.org.nz/author/elena-de-roo/ . 2020-01-10 . 10 January 2020.
  14. de Roo . Elena . 2019 . Masters thesis . Joining the Dots: Threads of Connection in Cam and the Bird-people (The Author's Journey) . Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology . 10292/12590.
  15. Web site: Todd New Writer's Bursary recipient responds to need for diverse perspectives. 17 December 2019. Creative NZ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204623/https://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/todd-new-writer-s-bursary-recipient-responds-to-need-for-diverse-perspectives . 2020-01-10 . 10 January 2020.
  16. Web site: 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Competition Winners. National Flash Fiction Day NZ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113210331/https://nationalflash.org/winners/ . 2016-11-13 . 11 January 2020.
  17. Web site: 2020 Burns Fellows named. 12 September 2019. Otago Daily Times. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204636/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/university-of-otago/2020-burns-fellows-named . 2020-01-10 . 10 January 2020.
  18. Web site: On a Roll by Elena De Roo.
  19. Web site: Super Squeeze by Elena De Roo.
  20. Web site: Blender Trouble by Elena De Roo.
  21. Web site: The rain train by Elena de Roo; illustrated by Brian Lovelock (2010). 30 January 2015. myfriendlucy one year, 365 picture books. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706093418/https://myfriendlucy.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-rain-train-by-elena-de-roo-illustrated-by-brian-lovelock-2010/ . 2016-07-06 . 11 January 2020.
  22. Web site: Rain, rain, go away. Bircher. Katie. 13 July 2017. The Horn Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200110204623/https://www.hbook.com/%3FdetailStory%3Drain-rain-go-away . 2020-01-10 . 11 January 2020.
  23. Web site: The name at the end of the ladder by Elena De Roo. 12 July 2015. Momo celebrating time to read. 10 January 2020.

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