# List of works by Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy of New Zealand wrote more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 short story collections, among other works.

## Books

Variant titles are given in parentheses, prefaced by "U.S." for titles of US editions, otherwise by "also".
| Title | Illustrator | Publisher | Year | Notes | |
| A Lion in the Meadow | Jenny Williams ISBN 0460057812 | J.M. Dent & Sons; Franklin Watts | 1969 | Winner of the Esther Glen Award (1970) | |
| The Dragon of an Ordinary Family | Helen Oxenbury ISBN 0434950009 | William Heinemann Ltd; Franklin Watts | 1969 | Oxenbury won the Greenaway Medal | |
| Pillycock's Shop | Carol Barker ISBN 0234774738 | Dobson Books Ltd; Franklin Watts | 1969 | | |
| Mrs Discombobulous | Jan Brychta ISBN 0460057960 | Dent; Watts | 1969 | | |
| The Procession | Charles Mozley ISBN 0460057804 | Dent; Watts | 1969 | | |
| Sailor Jack and the 20 Orphans | Robert Bartelt | Dent | 1970 | | |
| The Little Witch | Charles Mozley ISBN 0531018628 | Dent; Franklin Watts | 1970 | | |
| The Princess and the Clown | Carol Barker | Franklin Watts & Dobson | 1971 | | |
| The Boy with Two Shadows | Jenny Williams | Dent | 1971 | | |
| The First Margaret Mahy Story Book | Shirley Hughes | Dent | 1972 | Winner of the Esther Glen Award (1973) | |
| The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate | Brian Froud | Dent | 1972 | Also published in 1985 with Margaret Chamberlain as illustrator. | |
| 17 Kings and 42 Elephants | Charles Mozley ISBN 0460058584 | Dent | 1972 | Also published in 1987 with Patricia MacCarthy as illustrator. | |
| The Railway Engine and the Hairy Brigands | Brian Froud | Dent | 1973 | | |
| The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book | Shirley Hughes | Dent | 1973 | | |
| Clancy's Cabin | Trevor Stubley | Dent | 1974 | | |
| The Bus Under the Leaves | Margery Gill | Dent | 1974 | | |
| The Rare Spotted Birthday Party | Belinda Lyon | Franklin Watts | 1974 | | |
| Stepmother | Terry Burton | Franklin Watts | 1974 | | |
| Rooms to Let (US Rooms for Rent) | Jenny Williams | Dent | 1974 | Published in the US by Franklin Watts. | |
| The Witch in the Cherry Tree | Jenny Williams | Dent | 1974 | | |
| Ultra-violet Catastrophe!: the Unexpected Walk with Great-Uncle Magnus Pringle | Brian Froud | Dent | 1975 | | |
| New Zealand: Yesterday and Today | Z | Franklin Watts | 1975 | | |
| The Third Margaret Mahy Story Book | Shirley Hughes | Dent | 1975 | | |
| The Great Millionaire Kidnap | Jan Brychta | Dent | 1975 | | |
| The Boy Who was Followed Home | Steven Kellogg | Franklin Watts | 1975 | | |
| Leaf Magic | Jenny Williams | Dent | 1976 | | |
| David's Witch Doctor | Jim Russell | Watts | 1976 | | |
| The Wind Between the Stars | Brian Froud | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1976 | | C |
| Look under V | Deirdre Gardiner | School Publications Branch, Dept. of Education | 1977 | | |
| Non-stop Nonsense | Quentin Blake | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1977 | | |
| The Pirate Uncle | Mary Dinsdale | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1977 | | |
| The Great Piratical Rumbustification & The Librarian and the Robbers | Quentin Blake | J.M. Dent David R. Godine, Publisher | 1978 1986 | | C |
| Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles | Peter Stevenson | Dent/Harper & Row | 1981 | | sfn |
| The Haunting | Z | Dent | 1982 | Winner of the Carnegie Medal (1982) and the Esther Glen Award (1983) | sfn |
| The Chewing-gum Rescue and Other Stories | Jan Ormerod | Dent | 1982 | | |
| The Pirates' Mixed-up Voyage: Dark Doings in the Thousand Islands | Margaret Chamberlain | Dent | 1983 | | sfn |
| The Birthday Burglar & A Very Wicked Headmistress | Margaret Chamberlain | Dent | 1984 | | |
| The Changeover: a Supernatural Romance | Z | Dent | 1984 | Winner of the Carnegie Medal (1984) and the Esther Glen Award (1985) | sfn |
| The Dragon's Birthday | Philip Webb | Shortland | 1984 | | |
| Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites | Margaret Chamberlain | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1984 | | C |
| The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate | Margaret Chamberlain | Viking Kestrel | 1985 | Also published in 1972 with Brian Froud as illustrator. | |
| The Catalogue of the Universe | Z | Dent | 1985 | Winner of the Phoenix Award (2005) | |
| Jam: a True Story | Helen Craig | Dent | 1985 | | |
| The Downhill Crocodile Whizz and Other Stories | Ian Newsham | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1986 | | C |
| The Tricksters | Z | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1986 | Honor Book at the Phoenix Awards (2006) | sfn |
| Aliens in the Family | Z | Scholastic | 1986 | | sfn |
| The Girl Who Washed in Moonlight | Robyn Belton | Heinemann | 1987 | | |
| Chocolate Porridge and Other Stories | Shirley Hughes | J.M. Dent & Sons | 1987 | | |
| Memory | Z | Dent | 1987 | Shortlisted for the Esther Glen Award (1988), winner of the Phoenix Award (2007) | |
| The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales | Shirley Hughes | Puffin | 1988 | | C |
| The Door in the Air and Other Stories | Diana Catchpole | Dent | 1988 | | C |
| The Blood-and-thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak | Wendy Smith | Dent | 1989 | Shortlisted for the Esther Glen Award (1990) | sfn |
| The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale | Jonathan Allen | Dent/Holiday House | 1989 | | |
| The Tin Can Band and Other Poems | Honey de Lacey | Dent | 1989 | | |
| The Seven Chinese Brothers | Jean and Mou-sien Tseng | Macmillan/Scholastic | 1989 | | |
| Making friends | Wendy Smith | Dent/M.K. McElderry Books | 1990 | | |
| The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper | Helen Craig | Jonathan Cape | 1990 | | |
| Dangerous Spaces | Z | Hamish Hamilton | 1991 | Shortlisted in the Fiction category of the AIM Children's Book Awards (1992) | sfn |
| Bubble Trouble and Other Poems and Stories | Tony Ross | Hamish Hamilton | 1991 | | |
| Keeping House | Wendy Smith | Hamish Hamilton/Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers | 1991 | | C |
| The Horrendous Hullabaloo | Patricia MacCarthy | Hamish Hamilton | 1992 | | |
| Under-runners | Z | Hamish Hamilton/Viking | 1992 | Winner of the Esther Glen Award (1993) and shortlisted in the Junior Fiction category of the AIM Children's Book Awards (1993) | |
| The Girl With the Green Ear: Stories about Magic in Nature | Shirley Hughes | A.A. Knopf | 1992 | | C |
| The Good Fortunes Gang | John Farman | Doubleday | 1993 | Cousins quarter series, book 1 | |
| A Fortunate Name | Marion Young | Delacorte | 1993 | Cousins quarter series, book 2 | |
| A Fortune Branches Out | John Farman | Doubleday | 1993 | Cousins quarter series, book 3 | |
| Tangled Fortunes | John Farman | Doubleday | 1994 | Cousins quarter series, book 4 | |
| The Three-legged Cat | Jonathan Allen | Hamish Hamilton | 1993 | | |
| A Busy Day for a Good Grandmother | Margaret Chamberlain | Hamish Hamilton | 1993 | | |
| The Greatest Show Off Earth | Wendy Smith | Hamish Hamilton | 1994 | Shortlisted for the Esther Glen Award (1995) | sfn |
| The Dragon's Telephone | Christine Ross | Telecom New Zealand | 1994 | | |
| The Rattlebang Picnic | Steven Kellogg | Dial Books | 1994 | | |
| The Christmas Tree Tangle | Anthony Kerins | Hamish Hamilton | 1994 | | |
| The Big Black Bulging Bump | Robert Staermose | Scholastic | 1995 | | |
| Tingleberries, Tuckertubs and Telephones: a Tale of Love and Ice-cream | Robert Staermose | Hamish Hamilton | 1995 | Shortlisted for the Esther Glen Award (1996) | |
| The Other Side of Silence | Z | Hamish Hamilton/Viking | 1995 | Shortlisted for the Esther Glen Award (1997) | |
| Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom! | Patricia MacCarthy | Hamish Hamilton | 1996 | | |
| The Five Sisters | Patricia MacCarthy | Hamish Hamilton | 1996 | | |
| Questions Kids Ask Margaret Mahy | Z | Scholastic | 1996 | | |
| Beaten by a Balloon | Jonathan Allen | Hamish Hamilton/Penguin | 1997 | | |
| Operation Terror | Ron Tiner | Puffin | 1997 | (listed in some places with the incorrect title Operator Terror) | |
| The Horribly Haunted School | Robert Staermose | Hamish Hamilton | 1997 | | sfn |
| A Summery Saturday Morning | Selina Young | Hamish Hamilton | 1998 | Winner of Book of the Year and the Picture Book category at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards (1999) | |
| Down in the Dump with Dinsmore | Stephen Axelsen | Puffin | 1999 | In the Kiwi Bites series. In the Junior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2000) | |
| Don't read this! and Other Tales of the Unnatural | Thé Tjong-Khing | Front Street | 1998 | A collection of ghost stories and "spooky tales" for children by several authors. Mahy wrote the first story, Fingers on the Back of the Neck. | |
| A Villain's Night Out | Harry Horse | Puffin | 1999 | Winner of an Honour Award in the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards (2000). Included in the Junior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2000) | |
| Simply Delicious! | Jonathan Allen | Frances Lincoln | 1999 | | |
| 24 hours | Z | Margaret K. McElderry Books/Collins | 2000 | Winner of the Esther Glen Award, an Honour Award in the Senior Fiction category at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and included in the Senior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (all 2001) | |
| Down the Dragon's Tongue | Patricia MacCarthy | Frances Lincoln | 2000 | Included in the Picture Book category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2002) | |
| A Dissolving Ghost: Essays and More | Z | Victoria University Press | 2000 | | |
| The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom | Chris Mould | Collins | 2001 | Winner of an Honour Award in the Senior Fiction category at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and included in the Senior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (both 2002) | sfn |
| Dashing Dog! | Sarah Garland | Frances Lincoln | 2002 | Included in the Picture Book category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2003) | |
| Alchemy | Z | CollinsFlamingo | 2002 | Winner of the Senior Fiction category at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, shortlisted for the Esther Glen Award, and included in the Senior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (all 2003) | sfn |
| Zerelda's Horses | Gabriella Klepatski | Puffin | 2005 | In the Kiwi Bites series | |
| Maddigan's Fantasia (also Maddigan's Quest) | Z | HarperCollins | 2005 | Shortlisted in the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and included in the Junior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (both 2006). | sfn |
| Kaitangata Twitch | Z | Allen & Unwin | 2005 | Winner of an Honour Award in the Senior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and included in the Senior Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (both 2006). | |
| Portable Ghosts | Z | HarperCollins | 2006 | | |
| Down the Back of the Chair | Polly Dunbar | Frances Lincoln | 2006 | Special Mention in the Picture Books category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2007) | |
| Family Surprises | Lyn Kriegler | Puffin | 2006 | In the Kiwi Bites series | |
| Bubble Trouble | Polly Dunbar | Frances Lincoln | 2008 | Picture Book winner at the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards (2009) | |
| The Magician of Hoad (also Heriot) | Z | HarperCollins | 2008 | | sfn |
| Awesome Aotearoa: Margaret Mahy's History of New Zealand | Trace Hodgson | AUT University Media | 2009 | | |
| The Dark Blue 100-ride Bus Ticket | Z | HarperCollins | 2009 | | sfn |
| The Word Witch: the Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy edited by Tessa Duder, | David Elliot | HarperCollins | 2009 | Winner of an Honour Award in the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards. | |
| Organ Music | Z | Gecko Press | 2010 | Included in the Young Adult Fiction category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2011) | sfn |
| The Moon and Farmer McPhee | David Elliot | Random House | 2010 | Winner of the Book of the Year Award, and the Picture Book category, at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards; and included in the Picture Book category of the Storylines Notable Books List (2011) | |
| The Margaret Mahy Treasury: Eleven Favourite Stories from the Marvellous Margaret Mahy | Z | Puffin | 2011 | | |
| Footsteps Through the Fog | Gavin Bishop | Puffin | 2012 | Authors' royalties will be donated to the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Due for publication on 24 October 2012, as of August 2012. | |
| The Green Bath | Steven Kellogg | Arthur A. Levine Books | 2013 | | |
| Tale of a tail | Tony Ross | Orion Children's Books | 2014 | Commissioned by Polish photographer Tomasz Gudzowaty, this posthumously published novel was loosely inspired by the character of his real-life animal friend. | |

## Television

| Series/title | Episode(s) | Role(s) | Year | Notes |
| Woolly Valley | All | Writer | 1982 | |
| Cuckoo Land | All | Creator/writer | 1986 | |
| The Haunting of Barney Palmer | N/A (television film) | Writer/original author | 1986 | Based on Mahy's 1982 novel, The Haunting |
| Aliens in the Family | All | Original author | 1987 | Based on Mahy's 1986 novel of the same name. |
| Dramarama | The Horrible Story | Original author | 1987 | |
| Playbus | The Princess and the Clown & Thunderstorms and Rainbows | Original author | 1988 | |
| Strangers | All | Creator/writer | 1989 | Gold Medal – Young Programme (Ages 7–12) at the 1990 New York Film Festival |
| Typhon's People | N/A (television film) | Writer | 1993 | |
| The Magical World of Margaret Mahy | All | Creator/original author | 1994 | |
| Made in New Zealand – Margaret Mahy | N/A (documentary) | Subject | 2004 | |
| Maddigan's Quest | All | Creator/writer | 2005 | Accompanied by her 2005 novel, Maddigan's Fantasia. Best Children's Programme and various other awards and nominations at the 2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards. Bronze Medal – Youth Television Programme (ages 7–12), and Best Art Direction – Television Section at the 2006 New York Festival, and nominated for Best Direction. Nominated for Best Children's/Youth Programme at the 2006 Qantas Television Awards. |
| A Tall Long Faced Tale | N/A (documentary) | Subject | 2008 | |
| Kaitangata Twitch | All | Original author | 2010 | Best Children's/Youth Programme at the 2011 Aotearoa Film & Television Awards. Platinum Remi Award (Mini-series category) at 2010 WorldFest-Houston. Various awards and nominations at the 2010 Qantas Film and TV Awards. Nominated in 7–11-year-old Fiction category at 2010 Prix Jeunesse (Germany). |
| Kaitangata Twitch | Episode One | Associate producer/cameo | 2010 | Best Children's/Youth Programme at the 2011 Aotearoa Film & Television Awards. Platinum Remi Award (Mini-series category) at 2010 WorldFest-Houston. Various awards and nominations at the 2010 Qantas Film and TV Awards. Nominated in 7–11-year-old Fiction category at 2010 Prix Jeunesse (Germany). |