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Sep 29 2012

RIP Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy has died at the age of 76. Author of wonderful books like The lion in the meadow, and "Winner of many of the world's major children's prizes, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen medal, Mahy took the UK's Carnegie medal with her first two novels, The Haunting and The Changeover, both supernatural coming-of-age tales." The Guardian.
The Guardian also writes about her influence on children's literature.