Lynley Dodd

Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd (born 5 July 1941 ) is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. She is best known for her Hairy Maclary and Friends series, and its follow-ups, all of which feature animals with rhyming names and have sold over five million copies worldwide. In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Award.

She was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2002 New Year Honours, redesignated as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009.

Life and career Sculpture of Hairy Maclary and other characters from the books in Tauranga, New Zealand on the waterfront. Dodd was born in Rotorua in 1941. She was an only child and lived with her parents in Kaingaroa Forest, near Taupō. and became an art teacher spending five years teaching at Queen Margaret College in Wellington. he died in 2014 after an illness. After their marriage she began to work as a freelance illustrator. In 1997, Dodd was the screenwriter for a TV series based on the Hairy Maclary series featuring 10 five-minute episodes narrated by Miranda Harcourt. In 2005 her book The Other Ark won the Children’s Choice Award at the New Zealand Post Book Awards. In an episode of the TVNZ series Goodnight Kiwi, airing on 25 December 2019, the prime minister Jacinda Ardern read Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. Dodd lived in Tauranga.

Honours and awards In 1990, Dodd was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In 1999, she became the ninth recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award. She was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2002 New Year Honours, for services to children's literature and book illustration. Following the re-introduction of titular honours by the New Zealand government, she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009. In 2024 she received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement.

Books 1973 – My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes 1976 – The Nickle Nackle Tree 1978 – Titimus Trim 1982 – The Apple Tree 1982 – The Smallest Turtle 1983 – Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy 1984 – Hairy Maclary's Bone 1985 – Hairy Maclary Scattercat 1986 – Wake Up, Bear 1987 – Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper 1988 – A Dragon In A Wagon 1989 – Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet 1990 – Slinky Malinki 1991 – Find Me A Tiger 1991 – Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness 1992 – The Minister's Cat ABC 1993 – Slinky Malinki, Open The Door 1994 – Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork 1995 – Sniff-Snuff-Snap! 1996 – Schnitzel von Krumm Forget-Me-Not 1997 – Hairy Maclary, Sit 1998 – Slinky Malinki Catflaps 1999 – Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack 2000 – Hedgehog Howdedo 2001 – Scarface Claw 2002 – Schnitzel von Krumm, Dogs Never Climb Trees 2004 – The Other Ark 2005 – Zachary Quack Minimonster 2006 – Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers 2007 – Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks 2008 – The Dudgeon is Coming 2009 – Hairy Maclary, Shoo 2012 – Slinky Malinki, Early Bird 2017 – Scarface Claw, Hold Tight!