Maurice Gee, born August 22 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand, is one of New Zealand's most distinguished novelists. He was brought up in Auckland and now lives in Karori, a suburb of Wellington, which features in Katherine Mansfield's stories. His fiction has won him several awards including the New Zealand Fiction Award, the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award.
Works
Novels
- The Big Season. London: Hutchinson, 1962. London: Arrow, 1964. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- 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.
- The World Around the Corner. Wellington: Oxford UP, 1980.
- Plumb. London: Faber, 1978.
- Meg. London: Faber, 1981. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. Auckland: Penguin
- 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.
- 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, 1994; Auckland: Puffin, 2000.
- Plumb Trilogy. Auckland: Penguin, 1995.
- Loving Ways. Auckland : Penguin, 1996.
- Live Bodies. Auckland : Penguin, 1998; London: Faber, 1998.
- Orchard Street. Auckland : Viking, 1998.
- Hostel Girl. Auckland : Puffin, 1999.
- Ellie and the Shadow Man. Auckland: Penguin, 2001.
Short Stories: First Publication
- In at the Death. Kiwi (1955): 21-26.
- The Widow. Landfall 9 (1955): 196-213. In GMC, CS.
- 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. Dec. 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).
Internal links
External link
- More information about Maurice Gee's life and works is available at New Zealand Book Council (http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/writers/geem.htm)
