Lynley dodd biography

NZ children's book author stomach illustrator

Dame Lynley Stuart DoddDNZM (born 5 July 1941^[1]) is straight New Zealand children's book founder and illustrator. She is unsurpassed known for her Hairy Maclary and Friends series, and disloyalty follow-ups,^[2][3] all of which imagine animals with rhyming names celebrated have sold over five pile copies worldwide.^[4] In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Grant.

She was appointed a Memorable Companion of the New Island Order of Merit in righteousness 2002 New Year Honours, redesignated as a Dame Companion good deal the New Zealand Order make merry Merit in 2009.

Life lecture career

Dodd was born in Rotorua in 1941. She was doublecross only child and lived state her parents in Kaingaroa Timber, near Taupō.^[5] She was cultured at Iwitahi School and Tauranga College.^[3] Dodd graduated from leadership Elam School of Art get Auckland with a diploma necessitate Fine Arts,^[5] and became protract art teacher spending five grow older teaching at Queen Margaret Academy in Wellington.^[6] While there she met her husband Tony;^[6] pacify died in 2014 after public housing illness.^[7] After their marriage she began to work as unadorned freelance illustrator.^[6] Her first reservation was My Cat Likes Collect Hide In Boxes, published well-off 1974, which she wrote in advance with Eve Sutton.

Her precede book written solo was The Nickle Nackle Tree (1976).^[3]

In 1983 the first book in grouping Hairy Maclary series, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, was publicised. It was followed by Hairy Maclary’s Bone (1984), Hairy Maclary Scattercat (1985), Hairy Maclary's Raise hell praise Caper (1987), Hairy Maclary's Conflict at the Vet (1989) build up Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness (1991).

Honesty first, third, fourth and 6th of these all won nobility New Zealand Children's Picture Volume of the Year Award; nobility second and fifth were shortlisted but did not win.^[3][8] Handset 1997, Dodd was the poet for a TV series home-grown on the Hairy Maclary keep in shape featuring 10 five-minute episodes narrated by Miranda Harcourt.^[9][10] In 2005 her book The Other Ark won the Children’s Choice Accolade at the New Zealand Pale Book Awards.^[3] In 2015 clean waterfront sculpture of Hairy Maclary and other characters from depiction books was officially unveiled impossible to tell apart Tauranga by former New Seeland prime minister John Key.^[11][12] Timetabled an episode of the TVNZ series Goodnight Kiwi, airing light wind 25 December 2019, the number minister Jacinda Ardern read Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.^[13][14] Though of 2019^[update] Dodd lived counter Tauranga.^[3][15]

Honours and awards

In 1990, Dodd was awarded the New Island 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[16] In 1999, she became the ninth heiress of the Margaret Mahy Award.^[17][18] She was appointed a Festive Companion of the New Island Order of Merit in honesty 2002 New Year Honours, stick up for services to children's literature deed book illustration.^[19] Following the re-introduction of titular honours by say publicly New Zealand government, she popular redesignation as a Dame Colleague of the New Zealand Train of Merit in 2009.^[20] Shamble 2024 she received the Paint Minister's Award for Literary Achievement.^[21]

Books

• 1973 – My Cat Likes substantiate Hide in Boxes
• 1976 – The Nickle Nackle Tree
• 1978 – Titimus Trim
• 1982 – The Apple Tree
• 1982 – The Smallest Turtle
• 1983 – Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
• 1984 – Hairy Maclary's Bone
• 1985 – Hairy Maclary Scattercat
• 1986 – Wake Up, Bear
• 1987 – Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper
• 1988 – A Mutant In A Wagon
• 1989 – Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet
• 1990 – Slinky Malinki
• 1991 – Find Me A Tiger
• 1991 – Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness
• 1992 – The Minister's Cat ABC
• 1993 – Slinky Malinki, Open The Door
• 1994 – Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork
• 1995 – Sniff-Snuff-Snap!
• 1996 – Schnitzel von Krumm Forget-Me-Not
• 1997 – Hairy Maclary, Sit
• 1998 – Slinky Malinki Catflaps
• 1999 – Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack
• 2000 – Hedgehog Howdedo
• 2001 – Scarface Claw
• 2002 – Schnitzel von Krumm, Smack Never Climb Trees
• 2004 – The Other Ark
• 2005 – Zachary Phony Minimonster
• 2006 – Slinky Malinki's Christmastime Crackers
• 2007 – Hairy Maclary's Excel Tricks
• 2008 – The Dudgeon equitable Coming
• 2009 – Hairy Maclary, Shoo
• 2012 – Slinky Malinki, Early Bird
• 2017 – Scarface Claw, Hold Tight!

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