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Leonie Agnew

レオニー・アグニュー

Reonī Agunyū

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Auckland
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Auckland, New Zealand → Howick, New Zealand

Career

Occupations
children's writer, primary school teacher, creative writing tutor, advertising copywriter
Active Years
2010-2025
Affiliations
Storylines Children's Literature Foundation
Memberships
Storylines Management Committee (joined 2016)
Influenced By
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Patrick Ness, Margaret Mahy, Roald Dahl, James Norcliffe
Nominations
Shortlisted for LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2012, Shortlisted for Joy Cowley Award, Finalist in Junior Fiction Section NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2017

Education

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart
Period: 4年間
Country: New Zealand
Howick College
Period: 1年間
Country: New Zealand
—
Faculty of Arts / English Literature
Degree: 文学士 (Bachelor of Arts)
Country: New Zealand
University unknown
—
Degree: 教育大学院ディプロマ (Graduate Diploma in Teaching)
Country: New Zealand
Graduate Diploma in Teaching

Awards

Tom Fitzgibbon Award
2010
Category: 新人作家賞
Organization: Storylines
Result: 受賞
New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Junior Fiction Section
2012
Work: Super Finn
Category: ジュニアフィクション
Organization: New Zealand Post
Result: 受賞
Children's Choice Junior Fiction
2012
Work: Super Finn
Category: 子ども選択
Organization: New Zealand Post
Result: 受賞
Best First Book Award
2012
Work: Super Finn
Category: 最優秀処女作
Organization: New Zealand Post
Result: 受賞
Esther Glen Medal
2015
Work: Conrad Cooper’s Last Stand
Category: ジュニアフィクション
Result: 受賞
Master of the Inkpot Competition
2015
Work: The Impossible Boy
Organization: David Fickling Books
Result: 受賞
Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award
2022
Work: The Memory Thief
Category: ジュニアフィクション
Organization: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Result: 受賞
Tessa Duder Award
2022
Work: The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp
Category: YA原稿
Organization: Storylines
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Super Finn

2011 Junior Fiction

Conrad Cooper's Last Stand

2014 Junior Fiction

Story about a young Pākehā boy and the Bastion Point occupation.

racial identity

The Impossible Boy

2016 Junior Fiction

The Memory Thief

2021 Junior Fiction

Bibliography

  • Super Finn (Scholastic, 2011)
  • The Importance of Green (Penguin Random House, 2013)
  • Conrad Cooper's Last Stand (Penguin Random House, 2014)
  • The Impossible Boy (Penguin Random House, 2016)
  • The Memory Thief (Puffin, 2021)
  • The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp (Walker Books, 2023)
  • Take Me To Your Leader (Penguin Random House, 2024)
  • The Only Dinosaur in School (Scholastic, 2025)

Legacy

Leonie Agnew is a New Zealand children's author who has won multiple awards and is involved in organizations like Storylines. Known for engaging stories for young readers.

Trivia

  • Favourite children's writers: Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Patrick Ness, Margaret Mahy, Roald Dahl, James Norcliffe.
  • University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence in 2013.