Brigid Lowry | |
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 Lowry in 2008 | |
| 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 |
Brigid Lowry (born 25 March 1953) is a New Zealand author.
Lowry 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]
Lowry 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]
Guitar 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]
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