Tessa Duder

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Tessa Duder (born 1940, Auckland) is a New Zealand author of novels for young people, short stories, plays and non-fiction. She is primarily known for her Alex quartet (Alex, Alex in Winter, Alessandra: Alex in Rome and Songs for Alex). As an editor, she has also published a number of anthologies.

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Novels for young people:

Night Race to Kawau (1982)
Jellybean (1985)
Alex (1987)
Alex in Winter (1989)
Alessandra - Alex in Rome (1991)
Songs for Alex (1992)
Mercury Beach (1997)
The Tiggie Thompson Show (1999)
Hot Mail (2000)
Tiggie Thompson, All at Sea (2001)
Tiggie Thompson's Longest Journey (2003)

Plays:

The Runaway (1993) - one-act play for young actors about Joan of Arc
The Warrior Virgin (1996)

Non-Fiction:

Kawau - the Governor's Gift (1981)
The Book of Auckland (1985)
Spirit of Adventure: the Story of New Zealand's sail training ship (1985) – with Captain Barry Thompson and Clifford Hawkins
Waitemata - Auckland's Harbour of Sails (1989)
Journey to Olympia - the story of the Ancient Olympics (1992)
The Making of Alex: the movie (1993)
In Search of Elisa Marchetti — a writer’s search for her Italian family (2002)
Margaret Mahy - a writer's life (2005)