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Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist best known for his realistic evocations of New Zealand life and his fantastical tales for young adults. His most notable work is the Plumb trilogy, which examines the lives of three generations of a New Zealand family.
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Gee began writing Plumb in 1976, at age 45, after moving from Auckland to Nelson with his wife and family and earning a Literary Fund Scholarship that allowed him to begin writing full-time.
Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas, including multiple top prizes at the New Zealand Book Awards, the James Tait Black ...
Maurice Gee. BORN: 1931, Whakatane, New Zealand. NATIONALITY: New Zealander. GENRE: Fiction. MAJOR WORKS: A Special Flower (1965) In My Father's Den (1972) A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975) Plumb (1978) The Scornful Moon (2004) Overview. Maurice Gee is an award-winning author of fiction for both children and adults.
Gee began writing Plumb in 1976, at age 45, after moving from Auckland to Nelson with his wife and family and earning a Literary Fund Scholarship that allowed him to begin writing full-time. He had wanted to write a novel about his grandfather, controversial Presbyterian minister James Chapple, for many years.
Jul 3, 1993 · Gee built on Plumb's rich possibilities in Meg and Sole Survivor, which completed the trilogy, then wrote two novels set in Nelson, Prowlers and The Burning Boy. Those books have done well, but the novel Gee started “almost carelessly” in late 1989 seems set to eclipse them.
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Gee became a full-time writer in the mid 70s, as he got busy on Plumb — based partly on his extraordinary grandfather — and released his short story collection, A Glorious Morning, Comrade (since then novels have been his preference).
