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Celebrated authors: Lynley Dodd

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Woman seated on stage reading to audience parents and children

Children’s writer Lynley Dodd is known internationally as the creator of Hairy Maclary, the roguish dog hero of a series of books bearing his name. Here she is seen reading from one of her books at an event in Wellington, in June 2004.

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Kerryn Pollock, Children’s and young adult literature – Fantasy and social realism, 1970s–2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2054/lynley-dodd (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.