Sandy McKay

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Sandy McKay
Born25 August 1959
Dunedin
OccupationWriter
NationalityNew Zealand

Sandy McKay is a New Zealand children's writer, freelance author and adult literacy tutor. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, including Recycled, which won the Junior Fiction section of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2002. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Biography

McKay was born on 25 August 1959 in Dunedin. [1] [2] After leaving school at 17, she worked for several years before attending the University of Otago and graduating with a BA in political studies. [3] She has been a waitress, fruit picker, office worker and fruit shop owner, and began to write children's fiction after her own children were born. [3] [4] In 2002, she was the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence. [5]

Several of her books have been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults or the Esther Glen Award, or named as Storylines Notable Books. Her stories have appeared in anthologies such as Stories for 7 year olds (Random House, 2014) and Stories for 6 year olds (Random House, 2014), and she has written feature articles for several magazines including Next, More, NZ Woman’s Weekly and Kiwi Parent. [3] [4] Recycled won the Junior Fiction category in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2002. [6]

She also works as an adult literacy tutor for Literacy Aotearoa [7] and visits schools as part of the New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools programme. [4]

She is married with three children and lives in Dunedin. [3] [1]

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "One Stroppy Jockey The Christine Lawn Story; with Sandy McKay,". Horsetalk. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 1 2 3 "McKay, Sandy". Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  6. ↑ "Past Winners: 2002". NZ Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 14 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Harwood, Brenda (23 October 2009). "New literacy programme". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ English, Philip (10 May 2001). "Sandy McKay: Recycled". NZ herald. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Rugby read #2 – My Dad, the All Black by Sandy McKay". Christchurch Kids Blog. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Agnew, Trevor (29 March 2008). "Gripping Trio of Tales for Teens". agnew reading. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ Bilbrough, Norman (1 March 2008). "Strangers and journeys". New Zealand review of books Pukapuka Aotearoa. Retrieved 19 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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