Esther Glen Award Esther Glen AwardLIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Awardliterary prize for New Zealand children's literature .History The prize was called into being in memory of New Zealand writer Alice Esther Glen who was the first notable author of children's books there. It has been awarded yearly since 1945 by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa to a New Zealand author "for the most distinguished contribution to New Zealand literature for junior fiction".Laureates 1945: Stella Morice, The Book of Wiremu 1947: A. W. Reed, Myths and Legends of Maoriland 1950: Joan Smith , The Adventures of Nimble, Rumble and Tumble 1959: Maurice Duggan , Falter Tom and the Water Boy 1964: Lesley C. Powell, Turi, The Story of a Little Boy 1970: Margaret Mahy , A Lion in the Meadow 1973: Margaret Mahy, The First Margaret Mahy Story Book 1975: Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd , My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes 1978: Ronda Armitage, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch 1979: Joan de Hamel , Take the Long Path 1982: Katherine O’Brien, The Year of the Yelvertons 1983: Margaret Mahy, The Haunting 1984: Caroline Macdonald, Elephant Rock 1985: Margaret Mahy, The Changeover 1986: Maurice Gee , Motherstone 1988: Tessa Duder , Alex 1989: Jack Lasenby , The Mangrove Summer 1990: Tessa Duder, Alex in Winter 1991: William Taylor , Agnes the Sheep 1992: Tessa Duder, Alessandra: Alex in Rome 1993: Margaret Mahy, Underrunners 1994: Paula Boock , Sasscat to Win 1995: Maurice Gee, The Fat Man 1996: Janice Marriott , Crossroads 1997: Kate De Goldi , Sanctuary 1998: David Hill , Fat, four-eyed and useless 2001: Margaret Mahy, 24 Hours 2002: Alison Robertson , Knocked For Six 2003: David Hill, Right where it hurts 2004: Ken Catran , Jacko Moran, sniper 2005: Bernard Beckett , Malcolm and Juliet 2006: Elizabeth Knox , Dreamhunter 2007: Bernard Beckett, Genesis: A Novel 2008: Mandy Hager , Smashed 2009: Fleur Beale , Juno of Taris 2010: Richard Newsome, The Billionaire’s Curse 2011: Diana Menefy, Shadow of the Boyd 2012: Barbara Else , The travelling restaurant 2013: Rachael King , Red Rocks 2014: Joy Cowley , Dunger 2015: Leonie Agnew , Conrad Cooper's last stand 2016: Kate De Goldi, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle 2017: Tania Roxborogh , My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point 2018: Bren MacDibble, How to Bee
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