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Biography: Messenger, Elizabeth

At her typewriter

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At her typewriter

Elizabeth Messenger is pictured working at her typewriter, probably in the late 1950s or early 1960s. At this time she produced a number of thrillers set in New Zealand tourist spots.

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Nancy Swarbrick. 'Messenger, Elizabeth', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42684/at-her-typewriter (accessed 5 June 2026).