Tessa Duder

Tessa Duder (born 1940, Auckland) is a New Zealand author of novels for young people, short stories, plays and non-fiction. She is primarily known for her Alex quartet ("Alex", "Alex in Winter", "Alessandra: Alex in Rome" and "Songs for Alex"). As an editor, she has also published a number of anthologies.

Bibliography

Novels for young people:
* "Night Race to Kawau" (1982)
* "Jellybean" (1985)
* "Alex" (1987)
* "Alex in Winter" (1989)
* "Alessandra - Alex in Rome" (1991)
* "Songs for Alex" (1992)
* "Mercury Beach" (1997)
* "The Tiggie Thompson Show" (1999)
* "Hot Mail" (2000)
* "Tiggie Thompson, All at Sea" (2001)
* "Tiggie Thompson's Longest Journey" (2003)

Plays:
* "The Runaway" (1993) - one-act play for young actors about Joan of Arc
* "The Warrior Virgin" (1996)

Non-Fiction:
* "Kawau - the Governor's Gift" (1981)
* "The Book of Auckland" (1985)
* "Spirit of Adventure: the Story of New Zealand's sail training ship" (1985) – with Captain Barry Thompson and Clifford Hawkins
* "Waitemata - Auckland's Harbour of Sails" (1989)
* "Journey to Olympia - the story of the Ancient Olympics" (1992)
* "The Making of Alex: the movie" (1993)
* "In Search of Elisa Marchetti — a writer’s search for her Italian family" (2002)
* "Margaret Mahy - a writer's life" (2005)

External links

* [http://www.tessaduder.com/ Official Site]
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