Tessa Duder

Author of Alex

46+ Works 721 Members 14 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Tessa Duder, one of New Zealand's most honored children's writers, was the president of the New Zealand Society of Authors. She taught a course in children's writing at the Wanaka Autumn Art School and has done much to benefit artists' rights. She has received Esther Glen Awards for Alex, Alex in show more Winter and Alessandra: Alex in Rome. She also won an AIM Children's Book Award for Senior Fiction for Songs for Alex. She will be featured at the annual Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children's Writers and Illustrators 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Alex Archer

Tiggie Thompson

Works by Tessa Duder

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Alex (1987) 172 copies, 4 reviews

Allesandra: Alex in Rome (1992) 58 copies, 1 review

Alex in Winter (1989) 47 copies, 2 reviews

Songs for Alex (1993) 43 copies

Journey to Olympia: The Story of the Olympic Games (1992) 39 copies

Jellybean (1985) 36 copies, 2 reviews

Night Race to Kawau (1979) 34 copies

Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life (2005) 30 copies

Tiggie Tompson All at Sea (2001) 27 copies

The Tiggie Tompson Show (1999) 25 copies

Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey (2003) 22 copies

Is She Still Alive?: Scintillating Stories for Women of a Certain Age (2008) 16 copies, 2 reviews

The Alex Quartet (1992) 16 copies

Carpet of dreams (2006) 11 copies

In Search of Elisa Marchetti: A Writer's Search for Her Italian Family (2002) 11 copies

A Book of Pacific Lullabies (2001) 10 copies, 1 review

Hot Mail (2000) 10 copies

Mercury Beach (1997) 9 copies

First Map (2019) 9 copies

Play It Again Sam (Literacy 2000: Contemporary Stories) (1987) 8 copies

Out of the deep : and other stories from New Zealand and the Pacific (2007) — Editor — 7 copies

Dragons (Read about) (1989) 7 copies

Crossing: Australian and New Zealand short stories (1995) 7 copies

Nearly Seventeen (1993) — Editor — 6 copies

Storylines : the anthology (2003) 5 copies

The Polar Bear Ward (2008) 5 copies

Too close to the wind : and other stories (2006) 4 copies, 1 review

Sarah Mathew : explorer, journalist and Auckland's 'First lady' (2015) 4 copies

The Sparrow (2023) 4 copies, 1 review

Salt beneath the skin : seafaring Kiwis tell their stories (1999) 4 copies

Personal best (1997) 4 copies

Simply Messing About in Boats (A Read-about) (1988) 4 copies

Molten mouth : a collection of writing by New Zealand teenagers (2018) 3 copies

Down to the sea again : true sea stories for young New Zealanders (2005) 3 copies

Spirit of Youth: Thirty Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust (2003) 3 copies

Seduced by the sea : more stories from seafaring kiwis (2002) 3 copies

The making of Alex the movie (1993) 2 copies

They call me ink : a collection of writing by New Zealand teenagers (2016) 2 copies

In Lane Three, Alex Archer (1991) 2 copies

Falling in Love (1995) 2 copies

Waitemata : Auckland's harbour of sails (1989) 2 copies

Service stations and other liminal spaces : Re-Draft's 18th collection of writing by New Zealand teenagers (2019) 1 copy

The word is out : a collection of writing by New Zealand teenagers (2015) 1 copy

Restoring Tissot (2001) 1 copy

The Story of Sir Peter Blake (2012) 1 copy

Spirit of Adventure (1987) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Ultimate Sports (1995) — Contributor — 72 copies

For the rest of our lives : after the death of a child (1998) — Foreword — 3 copies, 1 review

A Passion for Travel: New Zealand Writers & their Adventures Overseas (1998) — Contributor — 2 copies

The Arthur Ransome Society : transcripts from the literary weekends (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1940
Gender: female
Nationality: New Zealand
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Places of residence: Auckland, New Zealand
London, England, UK
Pakistan
Malaysia
Turangi, New Zealand
Education: University of Auckland
Diocesan School for Girls
Occupations: swimmer
pianist
children's book author
Organizations: Waikato University (writer-in-residence, 1991)
Awards and honors: Margaret Mahy Medal (1996)
Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship (2003)
Order of the British Empire (Officer ∙ 1994)
Artists to Antarctica (2007/08)
New Zealand Swimmer of the Year (1959)

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The Sparrow by Tessa Duder

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CygnetsBookclub | Oct 6, 2024 |

Is She Still Alive? by Tessa Duder

Collection of short stories by a New Zealand author with some of the stories set in New Zealand settings. An enjoyable easy read, although I felt some of the stories dragged a little.

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Carole46 | 1 other review | Jan 20, 2016 |

ALEX IN ROME CL by Tessa Duder

Summary: Alex is a fifteen year old girl competing in the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. She is a swimmer on New Zealand's team. This is the fourth and final book in this series, and she finally achieves her dream.

Personal connection: I always like watching the Olympics and really loved the show Make It or Break It, which was about girls trying to make the Olympic team.

Class use: Teach the students about the history of the Olympics. Have them pick a certain event and research it.

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allisonpollack | Apr 30, 2015 |