Maria Gill is a writer of children's non-fiction books, educational resources and freelance articles.
14 Facts About Maria Gill
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Maria Gill was born in October 1961 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Maria Gill was educated at schools in Auckland and Southport, Gold Coast, and studied by correspondence while her family was living in a caravan and travelling around Australia.
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Maria Gill returned to New Zealand and studied at the University of Auckland and Auckland College of Education, graduating with a Bachelor of Education degree and Teaching Diploma.
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Maria Gill taught for about ten years in primary and intermediate schools.
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In 2021 Maria Gill completed a master's degree at Auckland University of Technology.
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Maria Gill had wanted to write from childhood and first began to do so seriously when her children were small.
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Maria Gill has a special interest in themes to do with native wildlife, conservation and the environment, people, history and war.
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Maria Gill has written many books and resources for the educational market.
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Maria Gill co-wrote the Coursera online course Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest for the Commonwealth Education Trust.
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Maria Gill organised two touring exhibitions of displays about war-related children's books: What Lies Beneath, which travelled around New Zealand, and Anzac Stories: Behind the Pages, which featured in libraries in Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Hobart and other parts of Australia.
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Maria Gill visits schools as part of the Writers in Schools programme and is a popular speaker at literary festivals.
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Maria Gill appeared at the SCBWI conference, Sydney, 2012 and 2016 and the Auckland Writers Festival in 2018.
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Maria Gill gives author talks and workshops for several Speakers' Agencies in New Zealand and Australia.