Adele Broadbent

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Adele Broadbent
Born (1968-04-17) 17 April 1968 (age 57)
Napier, New Zealand
OccupationChildren's author
Known forWriting
Website Adele Broadbent official website [ usurped ]

Adele Broadbent (born 17 April 1968) is a New Zealand children's author.

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Biography

Broadbent was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 17 April 1968. [1]

Broadbent's early book publications include The Bike Race (2008), Ninjas! (2008), Not Exactly (2008), The Biggest Catch (2010) and The Winner Is (2010). [2] [3]

Too Many Secrets (2010) was nominated in the 2011 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. [4] The story was one of Broadbent's first novels for children and young adults. [5] [6] One reviewer found the main character, Rebecca, too selfish to be likeable at first, but then became engrossed in the mysteries Rebecca encounters in her new home in the country. [6]

Just Jack (2011) [7] deals with the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake as part of the plot. [8] The story borrows from Broadbent's own family stories, told by her grandfather. [8] [9] New Zealand Books calls Broadbent's writing in Just Jack "fresh, convincing and distinctive." [10] It was named a Storylines Notable Book in 2012, [11] and a 2012 New Zealand Children's Book Awards Junior Fiction finalist. [12]

Trouble in Time was shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award, [13] and was named a Storylines Notable Book in that year. [14]

Broadbent appears as a character in Bookshop Detectives: Tea and Cake and Death, a 2025 novel by Louise and Gareth Ward. [15] [16]

Books

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Interviews with NZ Children's Authors: Adele Broadbent". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Adele Broadbent". New Zealand Book Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Adele Broadbent". storylines.org.nz. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Best of Books" . Waikato Times. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2019– via EBSCOhost.
  5. ↑ De Hamel, Joan (2010). "No Holds Barred" . New Zealand Books. 20 (3): 13 – via EBSCOhost.
  6. 1 2 Johnson, Jilaine (1 August 2010). "Too Many Secrets". Reading Time. 54 (3). Children's Book Council of Australia: 28. ISSN   0155-218X.
  7. ↑ McIntyre, John (11 February 2011). "Nine to Noon: Children's book review with John McIntyre". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. 1 2 Earle, Ian (22 January 2011). "Quake Rattles Plots" . Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 4 September 2019– via EBSCOhost.
  9. ↑ Hall, Linda (27 January 2011). "Out of sadness comes a fascinating story". Northern Advocate. Northland Region, New Zealand. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  10. ↑ Hebley, Diane (2011). "Saving Their World" . New Zealand Books. 21 (2): 16–17 – via EBSCOhost.
  11. ↑ "Children's Book Awards". Storylines: The Inside Story. Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand: 66. 1 January 2012. ISSN   1175-0170.
  12. ↑ "Hawkes Bay Authors Nominated For Awards". New Zealand Herald. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Awards". Storylines: The Inside Story. Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand: 42. 1 January 2015. ISSN   1175-0170.
  14. ↑ "2015 Notable Book Awards". Storylines: The Inside Story. Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand: 39. 1 January 2015. ISSN   1175-0170.
  15. ↑ "Review: Bookshop Detectives: Tea and Cake and Death". www.ketebooks.co.nz. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Ward, Gareth and Louise (1 April 2025). The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death. Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. ISBN   978-1-77695-401-8.
  17. ↑ Maria Gill (July 2015). "The Incredibly Busy Adele Broadbent" . Magpies: Talking About Books For Children. Magpies Magazine. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 8 September 2019– via InformIT.


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