Sandy McKay explained

Sandy McKay
Birth Date:25 August 1959
Birth Place:Dunedin
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:New Zealand

Sandy McKay is a New Zealand children's writer, freelance author and adult literacy tutor. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, including Recycled, which won the Junior Fiction section of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2002. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Biography

McKay was born on 25 August 1959 in Dunedin.[1] [2] After leaving school at 17, she worked for several years before attending the University of Otago and graduating with a BA in political studies.[3] She has been a waitress, fruit picker, office worker and fruit shop owner, and began to write children's fiction after her own children were born.[4] In 2002, she was the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence.[5]

Several of her books have been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults or the Esther Glen Award, or named as Storylines Notable Books. Her stories have appeared in anthologies such as Stories for 7 year olds (Random House, 2014) and Stories for 6 year olds (Random House, 2014), and she has written feature articles for several magazines including Next, More, NZ Woman’s Weekly and Kiwi Parent. Recycled won the Junior Fiction category in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2002.[6]

She also works as an adult literacy tutor for Literacy Aotearoa[7] and visits schools as part of the New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools programme.

She is married with three children and lives in Dunedin.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sandy McKay. Storylines. 19 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Interview with Sandy McKay. 2005. Christchurch City Libraries. 19 January 2020.
  3. Web site: One Stroppy Jockey The Christine Lawn Story; with Sandy McKay. 23 November 2007. Horsetalk. 19 January 2020.
  4. Web site: McKay, Sandy. January 2017. Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. 19 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Otago Fellows. University of Otago. 19 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Past Winners: 2002. NZ Book Awards Trust. 14 January 2020.
  7. Web site: New literacy programme. Harwood. Brenda. 23 October 2009. Otago Daily Times. 19 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Sandy McKay: Recycled. English. Philip. 10 May 2001. NZ herald. 19 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Rugby read #2 – My Dad, the All Black by Sandy McKay. 12 August 2011. Christchurch Kids Blog. 19 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Gripping Trio of Tales for Teens. Agnew. Trevor. 29 March 2008. agnew reading. 19 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Strangers and journeys. Bilbrough. Norman. 1 March 2008. New Zealand review of books Pukapuka Aotearoa. 19 January 2020.
  12. Web site: A lot to live up to. Hughes. Caoilinn. 5 December 2013. New Zealand review of books Pukapuka Aotearoa. 19 January 2020.
  13. Web site: Book List: NZ books about war and pacifism. Forster. Sarah. 25 April 2017. The Sapling. 19 January 2020.
  14. Web site: When Our Jack went to War by Sandy McKay. Docherty. Bob. 13 May 2013. Bobs Books Blog. 19 January 2020.
  15. Web site: When our Jack went to war by Sandy McKay. 2 August 2014. Children's war books. 19 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Book Review: Charlotte and the Golden Promise, by Sandy McKay. Reardon. Tierney. 3 March 2014. Booksellers New Zealand. 19 January 2020.
  17. Web site: Charlotte and the Golden Promise by Sandy McKay. Docherty. Bob. 29 January 2014. Bobs Books Blog. 19 January 2020.
  18. Web site: Charlotte and the Golden Promise by Sandy McKay. McConnachie. JJ. NZ Booklovers. 19 January 2020.

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