Lynley Hood (born 1942) is an author from New Zealand.

Biography

Hood was born in 1942 in

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. She has an MSc in Physiology, and LittD from

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. She currently lives in

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. Hood worked in medical research until 1979, after which she worked as a freelance writer. She has published a number of biographies and non-fiction works. She has also been published in ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''New Zealand Author'', and ''North & South''.

Selected works

* ''Sylvia! The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner'' (1989), a biography of author

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* ''Who is Sylvia? The Diary of a Biography'' (1990) * ''Minnie Dean: Her Life & Crimes'' (1994), a biography of

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, the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand * ''City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Crèche Case'' (2001)

Awards

''Sylvia! The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner'' won first prize at the 1980

Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...

. It also won the 1989

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Best First Book of Prose Award and 1990 Talking Book of the Year. ''Minnie Dean: Her Life & Crimes'' was a finalist in the 1995

New Zealand Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...

. 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 The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...

. It also won the 2002

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Bravo Award. Hood received the 1991

Robert Burns Fellowship The Robert Burns Fellowship is a New Zealand literary residency. Established in 1958 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Robert Burns, it is often claimed to be New Zealand's premier literary residency. The list of past ...

References

External links

Official website
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