Wednesday July 25, 2012
The family of Margaret Mahy say they have been overwhelmed by support after the children's author's death.
Mahy died aged 76 in Christchurch on Monday afternoon after a briefillness.
Her granddaughter, Alice, told the Herald yesterday she was grateful for the number of tributes that had been paid to her grandmother.
"It's very, touching that people are taking the time out of their day to make comments about her, it really is," she said.
"I even just received a call from a schoolmate of her's in England who she hadn't seen for 40 years or so, they used to write compositions together. It's quite amazing how people have been responding to it."
More at NZ Herald
Mahy died aged 76 in Christchurch on Monday afternoon after a briefillness.
Her granddaughter, Alice, told the Herald yesterday she was grateful for the number of tributes that had been paid to her grandmother.
"It's very, touching that people are taking the time out of their day to make comments about her, it really is," she said.
"I even just received a call from a schoolmate of her's in England who she hadn't seen for 40 years or so, they used to write compositions together. It's quite amazing how people have been responding to it."
More at NZ Herald
- Tessa Duder: Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life
- Giant of children's literature dies
- Margaret Mahy on her favourite books
- Fiction Addiction: Margaret Mahy's intimate legacy
And obituary in The Guardian.
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