Lynley Hood (born 1942) is an author from New Zealand.
Lynley Hood | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
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Biography
editHood was born in 1942 in Hamilton, New Zealand. She has an MSc in Physiology, and LittD from University of Otago. She currently lives in Dunedin.[1][2]
Hood worked in medical research until 1979, after which she worked as a freelance writer.[1] She has published a number of biographies and non-fiction works. She has also been published in New Zealand Books, the Otago Daily Times, the New Zealand Listener, New Zealand Author, and North & South.[1]
Selected works
edit- Sylvia! The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1989), a biography of author Sylvia Ashton-Warner
- Who is Sylvia? The Diary of a Biography (1990)
- Minnie Dean: Her Life & Crimes (1994), a biography of Minnie Dean, the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand
- City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Crèche Case (2001)
Awards
editSylvia! The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner won first prize at the 1980 Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards.[3] It also won the 1989 PEN Best First Book of Prose Award and 1990 Talking Book of the Year.[1]
Minnie Dean: Her Life & Crimes was a finalist in the 1995 New Zealand Book Awards.[1]
In 2002, City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case won the Readers' Choice Award and the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[3] It also won the 2002 NZ Skeptics Bravo Award.[4]
Hood received the 1991 Robert Burns Fellowship.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Lynley Hood". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Dungey, Kim (31 May 2019). "Modest requirements generously met". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Bravo Awards". NZ Skeptics. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "The Robert Burns Fellowship, Otago Fellows". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 November 2017.