Brigid Lowry (born 25 March 1953) is a New Zealand author.
Brigid Lowry | |
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| Born | 25 March 1953 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Auckland Teachers College, Curtin University, University of Western Australia |
| Genre | Children's author, young adult |
| Notable awards | Avis Page Award, Young Adult Fiction (New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults), Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction |
Background
editLowry was born in 1953 in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] She has a diploma of teaching from Auckland Teachers College (1973), BA in English from Curtin University, a postgraduate diploma of English literature, and an MA in creative writing from the University of Western Australia.[2] Lowry has lived for some time in Australia, returning to live in Nelson, New Zealand from 2000 to 2010. She currently resides in Perth, Western Australia.[3][1]
Career
editLowry is primarily a children's and young adult author, she has also published poetry and short stories. She became a professional writer in 1985 and also teaches creative writing.[2]
Lowry has been published in Western Word, Far & Wide, Southern Review, Imago, Western Word Magazine, Mind Moon Circle, Fremantle Arts Review, Speculum Magazine, Naked Eye, Westerly Magazine and Australian Book Review.[2]
Awards
editGuitar Highway Rose won the 1999 Avis Page Award in the West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards[4] and was shortlisted for the 1998 Children's Book Council of Australia Readers Book of the Year (Older Readers).[5] It was also shortlisted in the 2006 LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award.[6]
In 2006 With Lots of Love from Georgia won the Young Adult Fiction category at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults,[7] and was included in the 2006 Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Book list.[8]
Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful won the 2008 Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[9] and was a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[10]
Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers was included in the 2009 Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book list[11] and was shortlisted in the non-fiction category in the 2009 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards.[12]
Lowry received the 2008 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Paula Morris.[13] In 2004 she was the University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence.[14] In February 2017, Lowry was the visiting writer at the Michael King Writers Centre.[15]
Published works
edit- Fizz, Max & Me (1993, Pan Australia)
- Guitar Highway Rose (1996, Allen and Unwin, reissued in 2004)
- Follow the Blue (2001, Allen and Unwin)
- Spacecamp (2002, Allen and Unwin), co-authored with son, Sam Field
- With Lots of Love from Georgia (2005, Allen and Unwin)
- Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful (2007, Allen & Unwin)
- Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers (2008, Allen & Unwin), non-fiction
- Triple Ripple (2011, Allen and Unwin)
- Still Life with Teapot: On Zen, Memoir and Creativity (2016, Fremantle Press), memoir
- A Year of Loving Kindess To Myself and other essays. (2021, Fremantle Press), memoir
References
edit- ^ a b "Interview with Brigid Lowry". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Brigid Lowry". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Brigid Lowry". US Macmillan. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Avis Page Award". West Australian Young Readers' Book Award. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999". CBCA. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Notable New Zealand Children's and Young Adult Books of 2006" (PDF). Storylines. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "2008 Premier's Literary Awards winners". Writers Victoria. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – Young Adult Fiction". christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Notable New Zealand Children's and Young Adult Books of 2009" (PDF). Storylines. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Brigid Lowry". Storylines. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship". Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "The University of Otago College of Education/Creative NZ Children's Writer in Residence". The University of Otago. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Visiting Writers". Michael King Writers' Centre. Retrieved 9 December 2017.