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Kyle Mewburn

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Kyle Mewburn

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963 （Brisbane, Queensland, Australia）
Nationality
Australian, New Zealander
Languages
English
Residence History
Brisbane, Australia → Millers Flat, Central Otago, New Zealand

Career

Occupations
Children's writer
Active Years
1997-2024
Affiliations
New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA)
Memberships
New Zealand Society of Authors
Influenced By
Norton Juster

Education

Queensland Institute of Technology
Business
Degree: Bachelor of Business Degree
Country: Australia

Awards

Joy Cowley Award
2005
Organization: Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand
Result: Winner
New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
2007
Work: Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!
Category: Picture Book Category / Children's Choice Category
Result: Winner
New Zealand Children's Book of the Year
2010
Work: Old Hu-hu
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!

2006 Picture book

A story about a dog who hates being kissed by a baby.

FamilyHumor

Old Hu-hu

2009 Picture book

Story of an old owl.

AgingNature
Translations
  • Hū-Hū Koroheke (Māori version)

Faking It: My life in transition

2021 Memoir

Memoir about her life in transition as a transgender woman.

TransgenderIdentity

Bibliography

  • The Hoppleplop
  • The Bear in the Room Next Door
  • Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!
  • No Room for a Mouse
  • Muddletopia
  • Duck's Stuck
  • Ant's Pants
  • Funny Little Dog
  • Scruffy Old Cat
  • Old Hu-hu
  • The Eleventh Sheep
  • Slowcoach Turtle
  • A Crack in the Sky
  • Hill & Hole
  • Daisy's Maze
  • Hester & Lester
  • Dinosaur Rescue: T-Wreck-asaurus
  • Moon Cow
  • The Grumble Bee
  • Do Not Push
  • Three Cheers for No-Ears!
  • Bog Frog Hop
  • Melu
  • Seesaw Po
  • Blue Gnu
  • Dako-snappysaurus
  • Scuto-stickysaurus
  • Salto-Scerdypus
  • Tumble Ted
  • Chick's sick!
  • Luther and the cloud-makers
  • A perfect chirpy Christmas
  • Dragon Knight - Fire!
  • The House on the Hill
  • Dinosaur Trouble – The Great Egg Stink
  • We Saw a Spinosaurus
  • Have you seen tomorrow?
  • Faking It: My life in transition

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Word gamesPuns
Recurring Motifs
HumorAnimals

Health

  • Transgender
    25年以上隠していた後、2017年頃
    Underwent facial feminisation surgery in Argentina in 2017, came out publicly, published memoir.

Legacy

Award-winning children's author with books published in 27 countries. Shared transgender journey in memoir.

Trivia

  • Lives with wife Marion (potter), two cats, and 24 chickens in a self-built grass-roof house.
  • Advocates for a New Zealand children's laureate.