Pauline Cartwright


Pauline Cartwright is a writer of novels, picture books, stories and poems for children. She was awarded the Choysa Bursary in 1991 and the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence Fellowship in 2003. She lives in Alexandra, New Zealand.

Biography

Pauline Cartwright was born on 14 July 1944 in Lawrence, Otago. She attended Weston School in Oamaru and dreamed of being a writer from the age of nine.
She lists some of her favourite childhood reading as The Magic Trumpet by Elizabeth Durack and Mary Durack, and books by L.M. Montgomery, Paul Gallico and Noel Streatfeild.
Her work includes novels, stories, picture books, poetry and magazine articles as well as stories broadcast on radio. She has written many educational readers for publishers such as Learning Media, Gilt Edge Publishing, Macmillan Education Australia, Nelson Price Milburn, Shortland Publications and Wendy Pye Publishing, Her books Grow a Gift and Saved by Ryan Kane were shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Inside the Game, which appeared in 2009, was her 300th title to be published.
She visits schools as part of the New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools programme.
She lives in Alexandra, Central Otago.

Awards and Prizes 

Arthur and the Dragon, illustrated by David Elliot, won the Russell Clark Award for Illustration in 1991.
In 1991, Pauline Cartwright was awarded the Choysa / QE11 Arts Council Bursary for Children's Writers.
In 2003, she shared the University of Otago College of Education / Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence with David Hill.