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Margaret Mahy, ONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. She wrote more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories. At her death she was one of thirty writers to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her "lasting contribution to children's literature".〔〔 Mahy won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, both for ''The Haunting'' (1982) and for ''The Changeover'' (1984).〔〔 (As of 2012 seven writers have won two Carnegies, none three.) She was also a highly commended runner up for ''Memory'' (1987).〔 Among her children's books, ''A Lion in the Meadow'' and ''The Seven Chinese Brothers'' and ''The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate'' are considered national classics. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Catalan and Afrikaans. In addition, some stories have been translated into Russian, Chinese and Icelandic. ==Early life== Mahy was born in 1936, the eldest of five children.〔 She was raised in her birthplace of Whakatane. Her father, Frances George Mahy, was a bridge builder and often told his children adventure stories which later influenced Mahy's writing. Her mother was a teacher. She was regarded as a 'slow learner', and particularly hated mathematics. Her first published story was "Harry is Bad", written at age seven (published in the children's page of the ''Bay of Plenty Beacon''). She showed it to her class to let them know that they could write stories at any age. She went to the local high school, where she was acknowledged as a talented swimmer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret Mahy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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