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Janine L. Williams is a New Zealand children’s and historical author.[1][2][3][4]
In 2024 Williams was the inaugural winner of the Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award.[5][4]
Two of her books are in the list of Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable New Zealand Books.[6]
Biography
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Williams was born Janine McLaren in 1959 in Fiji. Her father was an electrician with the New Zealand Airforce and her mother was a correspondence school teacher. The family moved to England, and then returned to New Zealand in 1964. Her mother was an avid reader and read constantly to the family, instilling a life-long love of books. She attended the University of Auckland, gaining a B.A. in English Literature. She worked initially in Insurance, then when she married and had children she combined raising and educating the family with a variety of roles such as note-taking for deaf tertiary students, and establishing a pottery studio. She and her family then moved to a rural property near Whangarei to develop an orchard.[2][3]
Development as an Author
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While raising and schooling her five children Williams formulated short stories, and after attending a creative writing course[7] held by Michael Botur was inspired to write full length books. The mentoring provided through being the winner of the inaugural Storylines Janice Marriott Mentoring Award[8] gave her the confidence to pursue her writing. With an interest in historical fiction, she used the concept of introducing present day children into an historical setting via a time-travel portal.[2][3]
Bibliography
[edit]Holding the Horse Series, historical set in post-WW2 New Zealand
The Secret Staircase Series, portal from current day New Zealand into historical Russell, New Zealand in the Bay of Islands
- The Secret Staircase (2024 Ocean Echo Books)
- Music on Kohatu Street (manuscript as at 2025)
- Danger at Kohatu House (draft as at 2025)
Awards
[edit]- 2015 Shortlisted for the Storylines Joy Cowley Award[11]
- 2020 Winner of the inaugural Storylines Janice Marriott Mentoring Award[8]
- 2021 Shortlisted for the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award[12]
- 2022 Winner in the Storylines Notable Book Awards in the junior fiction category[13]
- 2023 Finalist in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Best First Book[14]
- 2023 Winner in the Storylines Notable Book Awards Junior Fiction Category[13]
- 2024 Inaugural winner of the Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award[5][4]
External Links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jenny Ling, "Award makes years of toil worthwhile", The New Zealand Herald, 14 November, 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ a b c "Janine Williams", Arts Foundation of New Zealand, 12 November, 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ a b c Sophie Dale, "A career generously supported by Lynley Dodd", Arts Foundation of New Zealand, 09 August, 2024. Retrieved 25-01-21
- ^ a b Sophie Dale, "Introducing the Lynley Dodd children's writers award", Arts Foundation of New Zealand, 02 July, 2024. Retrieved 25-01-21
- ^ Storylines Notable Book Awards, Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ Creative Writing Northland, "Creative Writing Northland". Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ a b "Storylines Janice Marriott Mentoring Award", Storylines Notable Book Awards. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ "Holding the Horse", Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ "Like the Wind", Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ "Joy Cowley Award", Storylines Notable Book Awards. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ "Tom Fitzgibbon Award", Storylines Notable Book Awards. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ a b "Notable Books Awards", Storylines Notable Book Awards. Retrieved 2025-01-21
- ^ "New Zealand Book Awards", New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Retrieved 2025-01-21