Maria Gill

For the last twenty years, Maria Gill has visited schools throughout New Zealand and Australia, sharing her 60+ books with children. In 2020, Storylines awarded Maria the Margaret Mahy Medal for outstanding services to children’s literature. That same year she gained a master’s in creative writing (Honours). Anzac Heroes was named the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Eleven of Maria’s other books have received Storylines Notable Book awards. Maria writes full-time in a seaside village north of Auckland.