Carolyn McCurdie is a British-born New Zealand author. McCurdie was born in England and moved to New Zealand in 1950, aged three. She grew up in

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and has also lived in

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, and Australia. McCurdie has worked as a teacher and librarian at the Blueskin Bay library. In 2002 she was mentored by Sue McCauley. In 2012 McCurdie published her first novel for young adults, ''The Unquiet''. She published ''Albatross,'' a collection of short stories in 2006, and a poetry collection, ''Bones in the Octagon'', in 2015. McCurdie has also been published in ''

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'' and ''Takahē'', and her work has appeared on '' Radio New Zealand.''

Awards

McCurdie received the 1998

Lilian Ida Smith Award The Lilian Ida Smith Award also known as the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award is a New Zealand literary award from the New Zealand Society of Authors. The award is named after Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher from Whanganui. She granted the New Zeal ...

. Her first novel, ''The Unquiet'' was named as one of Storylines Trust's Notable New Zealand Children's and Young Adult Books of 2007. In 2013 she won first prize in the New Zealand Poetry Society's International Poetry Competition with ''Making Up the Spare Beds for the Brothers Grimm''. Her poem ''Bridge'' received a highly commended in the 2017 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize, and she also received a highly commended in the 2012 prize.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCurdie, Carolyn Living people English emigrants to New Zealand Writers from Dunedin New Zealand fiction writers New Zealand women novelists New Zealand women short story writers Year of birth missing (living people)