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Lyn McConchie

りん まっこんにー

Rin Makkonkī

Aliases: Jan Bishop / Elizabeth Underwood
Pen Names: Jan Bishop（Pseudonym used for some works）, Elizabeth Underwood（Pseudonym used for some works）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1946 （Auckland, New Zealand）
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Residence History
Auckland, New Zealand → Wellington, New Zealand → Farside Farm, North Island, New Zealand

Career

Occupations
writer, speculative fiction writer, children's book author
Active Years
1990-2024
Influenced By
Andre Norton
Nominations
Vestiges of Flames (Sir Julius Vogel nominee 2016)

Education

Freyberg High School
Country: New Zealand

Awards

Sir Julius Vogel Award
2003
Work: Beastmaster's Ark
Category: Best Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2005
Work: Beastmaster's Circus
Category: Best Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2006
Work: The Duke's Ballad
Category: Best Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2011
Work: The Questing Road
Category: Best Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2011
Work: Summer of Dreaming
Category: Best Young Adult Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2013
Work: Queen of Iron Years
Category: Best Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Farming Daze

1993 nonfiction humour

Humorous true-life stories about her farm and animals.

farm lifeanimals

Beastmaster's Ark

2002 speculative fiction

Collaboration with Andre Norton in the Beast Master series.

bond with animalsadventure

Summer of Dreaming

2010 young adult novel

First in the Four Seasons Quartet, a young adult novel.

growthfriendship

Vestiges of Flames

2015 SF/disaster novel

SF/disaster novel set in New Zealand.

disastersurvival

Bastet's Daughters

2016 fantasy

Alternate ancient Egypt fantasy.

catsmythology

Bibliography

  • Farming Daze
  • Beastmaster's Ark
  • Summer of Dreaming
  • Vestiges of Flames
  • Bastet's Daughters

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorous narrative styledetailed world-building
Recurring Motifs
animalscatsrural life

Health

  • crippled from motorcycle accident
    1977年以降
    Continues writing from home farm despite disability

Legacy

New Zealand speculative fiction writer known for winning Sir Julius Vogel Award six times. Over 43 books published in nine countries.

Trivia

  • Crippled in a 1977 motorcycle accident
  • Writes from her home Farside Farm
  • Wrote sequels to Andre Norton's series