Tessa Duder
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Tessa Duder, born in 1940 in 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.
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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)
