William Taylor

With over 30 novels for children and young adults since 1981, William Taylor is one of New Zealand′s most prolific and popular writers with a significant body of his work published internationally, often in translation. He has received wide critical acclaim. His humorous fiction for 10-12 year olds includes Agnes the Sheep, now considered by the National Library of New Zealand as a ′classic′ book for the young and has sold, world-wide, in excess of 150 000 copies. His more reflective young adult fiction has touched on issues seldom addressed in NZ writing for the young, e.g. the widely acclaimed The Blue Lawn and Jerome. He couples...

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