Minnie Dean: Her Life and Crimes
Creator
Date
1994
Identifier
Central HV6541 N52 S64
Type
Publisher
Auckland: Penguin; with kind permission
Abstract
Robert Burns Fellowship1991: Lynley Hood (b. 1942)
Lynley Hood was born in Hamilton, and moved to Dunedin in 1961 to begin study for a Masters in Physiology at Otago. She worked as a medical researcher until 1979 when she became a full-time freelance writer. During her Robert Burns Fellowship year, she worked on the biography and story surrounding the notorious Southland infanticide, Minnie Dean (1844-95). Hood’s subsequent book, Minnie Dean: Her Life and Crimes, was a finalist for the New Zealand Book Awards in 1995. She has had several awards during her literary career and was made Doctor of Literature (examined) by the University of Otago in 2003. Hood continues to live in Dunedin.
Lynley Hood was born in Hamilton, and moved to Dunedin in 1961 to begin study for a Masters in Physiology at Otago. She worked as a medical researcher until 1979 when she became a full-time freelance writer. During her Robert Burns Fellowship year, she worked on the biography and story surrounding the notorious Southland infanticide, Minnie Dean (1844-95). Hood’s subsequent book, Minnie Dean: Her Life and Crimes, was a finalist for the New Zealand Book Awards in 1995. She has had several awards during her literary career and was made Doctor of Literature (examined) by the University of Otago in 2003. Hood continues to live in Dunedin.
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Citation
Lynley Hood, “Minnie Dean: Her Life and Crimes,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed April 25, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/10955.