David Hill (author)

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David Hill

CNZM
BornClive David Hill
1942 (age 81–82)
Napier, New Zealand
Occupation
  • Fiction writer
  • children's writer
  • playwright
  • reviewer
  • journalist
Genre
  • General fiction
  • young fiction

Clive David Hill

young adult fiction. His young fiction books See Ya, Simon (1992) and Right Where It Hurts (2001) have been shortlisted for numerous awards. He is also a prolific journalist, writing many articles for The New Zealand Herald.[1]

Biography

Hill was born in 1942 in Napier.[2] He gained an MA (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington in 1964 and taught English in secondary schools in New Zealand and England before becoming a full-time writer in 1982.[3][4]

His work includes fiction, plays and reviews and articles in newspapers, journals and magazines, both in New Zealand and overseas. His books for young people range from picture books to books for young adults.[4] His novels have been published around the world and translated into various languages[4] and his work has also been broadcast on the radio.[5] He visits schools as part of the Writers in Schools programme[citation needed] and is one of the presenters on the Coursera online course Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest.[6] He enjoys writing for teenagers because he sees them as an exciting and challenging audience to write for: sophisticated readers, who are at a stage where they are coming across many new ideas and experiences in their lives for the first time.[7]

He cites Maurice Gee as his favourite author, and Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy as his favourite children's authors.[2]

Hill currently lives in New Plymouth.

Awards and prizes

Hill was the Robert Lord Writer in Residence in Dunedin from June to August 2003.[8][9] In 2010, he participated in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.[10] He was Artist-in-Residence (co-sponsored by Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council) in Palmerston North in 2016.[11] He is also a frequent speaker at literary festivals and took part in the Auckland Writers Festival Schools Programme in 2017.[12]

Hill was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2004 New Year Honours, for services to literature.[13]

In 2005 Hill became the 15th recipient of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award.[14][15]

Many of Hill's books have won or been shortlisted for awards and named as

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and also the children's choice award in that category.[16][17]

In 2021, Hill received the

Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction.[18]

In the

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature, particularly children’s literature.[19]

Books

References

  1. ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/author/index.cfm?a_id=156 [dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Interview with David Hill". Christchurch City Libraries. 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. ^ "David Hill". Storylines. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "David Hill". Penguin Books.
  5. ^ a b "Hill, David". New Zealand Book Council: Te Kaunihera Pukapuka o Aotearoa. January 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. ^ "About this course: Instructors". Coursera. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. ^ Harvey, Helen (12 April 2017). "David Hill: Why I gave up writing contemporary fiction for teens". Stuff. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Robert Lord Writers in Residence announced". Scoop. 25 February 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. ^ "The University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence". University of Otago. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Respected author granted international residency". Creative NZ. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Literary shortlists for Massey's artist-in-residence". Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Purehuroa. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Look, Listen & Learn: David Hill: War Stories (AWF Schools Programme 2017)". Auckland Writers Festival. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  13. ^ "New Year Honours List 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Te Tari o te Pirimia me te Komiti Matua. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Margaret Mahy Medal Award". Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch City Libraries. 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  15. ^ "Margaret Mahy Award". Storylines.org.nz. Auckland, New Zealand: Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  16. OCLC 182896192. Archived from the original
    on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  17. OCLC 182896192. Archived from the original
    on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  18. ^ "Authors honoured with Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement". Stuff.co.nz. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  19. ^ "New Year Honours 2024: the full list". The New Zealand Herald. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  20. ^
    ISBN 0525457631
    .
  21. ^ "2023 Awards Winners". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

External links

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