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Maurice Gee was brought up in Henderson, a suburb of [[Auckland]] and a location that frequently features in his writing.<ref name="artsfoundbio"/><ref name="bkcouncilbio"/>
Maurice Gee was brought up in Henderson, a suburb of [[Auckland]] and a location that frequently features in his writing.<ref name="artsfoundbio"/><ref name="bkcouncilbio"/>


He is currently married and has three children, one of whom is also a writer, Emily Gee, and is an Honorary Associate of the [[New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists]].<ref name="nzarh">[http://www.nzarh.org.nz/honassoc.htm NZARH Honorary Associates], New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists. Retrieved [[February 7]] [[2007]].</ref>
He is currently married to a man and has three children, one of whom is also a writer, Emily Gee, and is an Honorary Associate of the [[New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists]].<ref name="nzarh">[http://www.nzarh.org.nz/honassoc.htm NZARH Honorary Associates], New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists. Retrieved [[February 7]] [[2007]].</ref>


==Works==
==Works==

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Maurice Gee, born 1931[1] in Whakatane, New Zealand[1], is one of New Zealand's most distinguished novelists[2] and was awarded the 1978 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Plumb.

Life

Maurice Gee was brought up in Henderson, a suburb of Auckland and a location that frequently features in his writing.[1][2]

He is currently married to a man and has three children, one of whom is also a writer, Emily Gee, and is an Honorary Associate of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists.[3]

Works

Novels [citation needed]

  • The Big Season. London: Hutchinson, 1962. London: Arrow, 1964. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1985. [4].
  • A Special Flower. London: Hutchinson, 1965.
  • In My Father's Den. London: Faber, 1972. Auckland: Oxford UP, 1978.
  • A Glorious Morning, Comrade. Auckland: Auckland UP and Oxford UP, 1975.
  • Games of Choice. London: Faber, 1976. Auckland: Oxford UP, 1978.
  • Under the Mountain. Wellington: Oxford UP, 1979. [4].
  • The World Around the Corner. Wellington: Oxford UP, 1980.
  • Plumb. London: Faber, 1981. [4]
  • Meg. London: Faber, 1981. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. Auckland: Penguin [4].
  • The Halfmen of O. Auckland: Oxford UP, 1982. Harmondsworth: Puffin, 1986.
  • Sole Survivor. London: Faber, 1983. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Auckland: Penguin, 1983. [4].
  • The Priests of Ferris. Auckland: Oxford UP, 1984.
  • Motherstone. Auckland: Oxford UP, 1985.
  • The Fire-Raiser. Auckland: Puffin, 1986.
  • Collected Stories. Auckland: Penguin, 1986. New York: Penguin, 1987.
  • Prowlers. London and Boston: Faber, 1987.
  • The Champion. Auckland : Puffin, 1989; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
  • The Burning Boy. London : Faber, 1990, 1992; Auckland : Viking, 1990.
  • Going West. Auckland : Viking, 1992; London: Faber, 1992; Auckland: Penguin, 2000.
  • Crime Story.Auckland : Penguin Books, 1994; Auckland: Viking, 1994; London: Faber, 1995.
  • The Fat Man. Auckland : Viking, 1995; Auckland: Puffin, 2000.
  • Plumb Trilogy. Auckland: Penguin, 1995.
  • Loving Ways. Auckland : Penguin, 1996.
  • Live Bodies. Auckland : Penguin, 1998; London: Faber, 1998; Scheuring: Black Ink, 2002 (German edition).
  • Orchard Street. Auckland : Viking, 1998.
  • Hostel Girl. Auckland : Puffin, 1999.
  • Ellie and the Shadow Man. Auckland: Penguin, 2001.
  • The Scournful Moon. Auckland: Penguin, 2003.
  • Blindsight, Auckland: Penguin, 2005

Short Stories: First Publication [citation needed]

  • In at the Death. Kiwi (1955): 21-26.
  • The Widow. Landfall 9 (1955): 196-213. In GMC, CS [4].
  • Evening at Home. Arena 45 (1956): 23-24.
  • The Quarry. Arena 46 (1957): 6-10, 13.
  • A Sleeping Face. Landfall 11 (1957): 194-221. In GMC, CS.
  • A Girl in Blue. Mate 2 (1958): 10-19.
  • While the Flag was Up. Arena 50 (1958-59): 13-17, 28.
  • The Losers. Landfall 13 (1959): 120-47. In Landfall Country: Work from Landfall, 1947-1961. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1962, 24-56. In New Zealand Short Stories, Second Series. Ed. C.K. Stead. London: Oxford UP, 1966, 255-95. In GMC, CS.
  • Facade. Mate. 4 (1960): 26-33.
  • Schooldays. Mate. December 1960: 2-11. In GMC, CS.
  • The Champion. Landfall 20 (1966): 113-25. In GMC, CS.
  • Down in the World. Landfall 21 (1967): 296-302. In GMC, CS.
  • A Retired Life. Landfall 23 (1969): 101-16. In GMC, CS.

Further reading

  • The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1998).

Adaptations

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Maurice Gee bio for Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Retrieved February 7 2007.
  2. ^ a b Maurice Gee bio for New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved February 7 2007.
  3. ^ NZARH Honorary Associates, New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists. Retrieved February 7 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Maurice Gee bio listed by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Retrieved July 23 2007 Cite error: The named reference "Publications" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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