Kate De Goldi
Kate De Goldi (born 1959) is a New Zealand children's and short story writer. Her early work was published under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. Early life. De Goldi was born in Christchurch in 1959. She is of mixed Irish and Italian ancestry. Career. De Goldi published her first collection of short stories "like you, really" (1994) under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. De Goldi has been a full-time writer since 1997, and contributes to the New Zealand literature sector as a creative writing teacher (1999-2006 at the IIML), a book-related broadcaster and radio commentator , a participant of Writers in Schools, and a chair for literary festivals in New Zealand and internationally. De Goldi is an Arts Foundation Laureate (named in 2001). De Goldi received the 2010 Michael King Fellowship to research and write an article about Susan Price. De Goldi has received both the 2011 Margaret Mahy Award and the 2011 Young Readers' Award Corine Literature Prize, She is known for children's literature and has also won awards for her short story writing, including the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award in 1999.