Elizabeth Pulford

Elizabeth Pulford is a writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction for children, teenagers and adults. Several of her books have been shortlisted for awards, and many of her short stories have won or been highly commended in national competitions. She lives in Outram, Otago, New Zealand.

Biography Elizabeth Pulford was born on 16 February 1943 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. After her father died, her mother brought their four children by ship back to New Zealand. From the age of two, Pulford grew up in Dunedin and was later educated there. She has had a number of jobs including typist, cleaner, ice cream seller in a cinema and hot dog seller.

She started to write in her early 40s after attending a night class for creative writing run by teacher Charles Croot. Since then, she has written and published more than 65 books. Her stories, poetry and articles for children and adults have been included in anthologies and in Poems in the Waiting Room, published in the School Journal and in newspapers, magazines and journals and broadcast on Radio New Zealand.

Elizabeth Pulford is married with two children and two grandchildren. The Mysterious Magical Shop, ill. Rachel Driscoll (Scholastic, 2012) Far, far from Home, ill. Fifi Colston (Scholastic, 2012) Finding Monkey Moon, ill. Kate Wilkinson (Walker Books Australia & Candlewick, 2015) Sanspell - The Bloodtree Chronicles, Book one, ill. Donovan Bixley (Scholastic, 2015) Bragonsthyme - The Bloodtree Chronicles, Book two (Scholastic, 2015) Rasmas, ill. Jenny Cooper (Scholastic, 2016) Thatchthorpe - The Bloodtree Chronicles, Book three (Scholastic, 2016) Seeking an Aurora, ill. Anne Bannock (One Tree House, 2018) Lily and the Lost Stitch (Sunshine Books - Wendy Pye 2021) Honk (One Tree House, 2021 A Definitely Different Summer (Bateman Books - 2021)