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Lightfoot, Kiri
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Kiri Lightfoot

Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Lightfoot, Kiri
In brief
Kiri Lightfoot is a children’s book author who has also worked as a scriptwriter for children’s television. Her first book, Every Second Friday (Hachette Livre, 2008) was illustrated by Ben Galbraith, and was nominated for Best Picture Book at the 2009 New Zealand Post awards.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lightfoot, Kiri (1979 – ) is a children’s book author, and was born in Exeter, England. Since majoring in Journalism to complete a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Auckland in 2000, she has worked as an actor, scriptwriter, and in television production.

Lightfoot has always wanted to have a children’s book published, and this came to pass in 2008 with the publication of Every Second Friday (Hachette Livre, 2008), illustrated by Ben Galbraith. The story is based loosely on Lightfoot’s own experiences as a shared-custody child, and has been published in the UK and Australia, as well as New Zealand.

Every Second Friday has been shortlisted for the 2009 New Zealand Post Awards for Children’s and Young Adult’s books. Sue Magee reviewed it at UK website Bookbag, saying, ‘The text is wonderfully easy to read – and a joy to read aloud’. Graham Beattie was also impressed, saying, ‘I really enjoyed this fun and reassuring picture book about a modern family where Mum and Dad live separately.’ (Beatties Book Blog, 15/10/2008)

Kiri Lightfoot lives in Auckland.

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