Elizabeth Ann Mallinson (born 10 September 1934) is a New Zealand children's book publisher and co-founder of

Mallinson Rendel Mallinson Rendel Publishers Limited was an independent publisher based in Wellington, New Zealand, founded in 1980. Founded by Ann Mallinson and David Rendel, it concentrated mainly on children's fiction and picture books and also published a sma ...

, best known for Lynley Dodd's '' Hairy Maclary'' series.

Early life

Mallinson was born in London on 10 September 1934. Her mother and stepfather had moved to New Zealand, where she visited briefly.

Career

Back in London she worked for two academic journals. Her career in New Zealand began at

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as editorial assistant. From there she went to Associated Book Publishers (NZ), rising to publishing director in 1972. Mallinson became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1977. In 1980 she and her husband David Rendel founded Mallinson Rendel, a company focussing on publishing books for children. Mallinson announced the sale of the company to Penguin New Zealand in 2009 on Beattie's Book Blog. She wrote ''Recollections of Five Festivals'' in which she described her work as chair and director of Wellington Writers' and Readers' Week between 1984 and 1994. Mallinson was presented with the 1997

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for her contribution to children's literature and gave a lecture titled "From a Trickle to a River". It was included in the ''Year Book'' published that year by the New Zealand Children's Book Foundation. Mallinson was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services in the

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. She was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the

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, for services to publishing, in particular children's literature. , Mallinson acted as agent for children's author Lynley Dodd. She is a life member of the Publishers Association of New Zealand. At the 2023 Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards, Mallinson received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallinson, Ann 1934 births Living people New Zealand publishers (people) Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal Publishers (people) from London British emigrants to New Zealand Naturalised citizens of New Zealand