Judith Holloway
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Holloway, Judith (1935–) is a writer of fiction, non-fiction and reference guides for children.
She has worked as a teacher at primary and secondary level, a Polytechnic writing tutor, and a scriptwriter, editor and producer for radio and television.
'My imagination is always full of characters, ideas for plots, interesting landscapes, and important issues I want to explore,' writes Judith Holloway.
'I only wish I had the self-discipline to lasso them all in and shuffle them into books and stories.'
Holloway has published numerous stories in the School Journal and her stories are available in two audio tape collections from Radio New Zealand.
She is presently writing a stage play and a novel for teenagers.
Her book titles are: High Summer on the Heaphy Track (1978); A Good Mother Hen (1988); The Giggling Gertie Writing Dictionary (1986), now available as The 1000 Words Book (2000); Concept Science series (1986); Kupu Tuhituhi: A First Maori Dictionary (2000); Hine's Rainbow (2001), also available in Te Reo Maori version.
Secrets and Spies (No.8 Books, 2007) is Holloway's first novel. It is described as 'a crowded, crazy, fun book with everything in it.'
WRITERS IN SCHOOLS INFORMATION
Holloway is available to talk to up 30 students at a time through the Book Council's Writers in Schools programme. Her preferred age range is 7-12 years old. She will discuss writing for children, reading pleasures, writing a short story and writing picture books. She is prepared to travel out of town for visits.
