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Edition 35 (2009) Winner
Fleur Una Maude Beale
フルール・ビール
Fleur Una Maude Beale
Aliases:
Fleur Una Maude Corney
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-02-22 （Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Inglewood → Hamilton
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1988-2023
- Affiliations
- Melville High School
- Nominations
- AIM Children's Book Awards finalist (junior fiction), New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards shortlist (senior fiction, 1999), New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards finalist (Junior Fiction, 2002)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inglewood High School | — | — | — | — | New Zealand |
| Victoria University of Wellington | — | — | — | — | New Zealand |
| Christchurch Teachers' College | — | — | — | — | New Zealand |
Inglewood High School
Country:
New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
Country:
New Zealand
Christchurch Teachers' College
Country:
New Zealand
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Margaret Mahy Award | — | — | Storylines Children's Literature Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Storylines Notable Book Award | My Story A New Song in the Land | — | Storylines Children's Literature Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Storylines Notable Book Award | Walking Lightly | — | Storylines Children's Literature Foundation | 受賞 |
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2015
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Margaret Mahy Award
2012
Organization:
Storylines Children's Literature Foundation
Result:
受賞
Storylines Notable Book Award
2005
Work:
My Story A New Song in the Land
Organization:
Storylines Children's Literature Foundation
Result:
受賞
Storylines Notable Book Award
2005
Work:
Walking Lightly
Organization:
Storylines Children's Literature Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 22 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
I Am Not Esther
1998 YA literatureFourteen-year-old Kirby is left with strict fundamentalist Christian relatives. She resists losing her identity and escapes with her cousin.
Religious oppressionIdentityFamilyEscape
Bibliography
- The Great Pumpkin Battle (1988)
- A Surprise for Anna (1990)
- Slide the Corner (1992)
- Against the Tide (1993)
- Driving a Bargain (1993)
- Over the Edge (1994)
- The Fortune Teller (1995)
- Dear Pop (1995)
- The Rich and Famous Body and the Empty Chequebook (1995)
- Fifteen and Screaming (1996)
- Rockman (1996)
- Further Back than Zero (1998)
- Keep Out (1999)
- Destination Disaster (1999)
- Playing to Win (2000)
- Trucker (2000)
- Deadly Prospect (2000)
- Ambushed (2000)
- Lucky for Some (2002)
- Red Dog in Bandit Country (2003) [non-fiction]
- Lacey and the Drama Queens (2004)
- My Story A New Song in the Land (2004)
- Walking Lightly (2004)
- A Respectable Girl (2006)
- The Transformation of Minna Hargreaves (2007)
- My Life of Crime (2007)
- End of the Alphabet (2009)
- Dirt Bomb (2011)
- Juno of Taris (2008)
- Fierce September (2010)
- Heart of Danger (2011)
- I am Rebecca (2014)
- Being Magdalene (2015)
- Lyla: Through My Eyes (2018)
- The Calling (2021)
- Faraway Girl (2022)
- Once Upon a Wickedness (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Teenage perspectiveRealistic depictionTense narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Troubled adolescentsOutdoor activitiesFamily conflicts
Legacy
Prominent New Zealand YA author best known for I Am Not Esther, published worldwide.