Michael King Writer

Michael King, OBE (15 December 1945 – 30 March 2004) was a New Zealand popular historian, author and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including The Penguin History of New Zealand, which was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 15, 1945
Birth place
Wellington , New Zealand
Nationality
New Zealand
Date of deathMarch 30, 2004
Place of death
Waikato , New Zealand , Maramarua
Education
Victoria University of Wellington
University of Waikato

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Writer

award
Order of the British Empire
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement

Topical connections

Joe KaramRugby player
Anand SatyanandPolitician
Annette KingPolitician
Bill EnglishPolitician
Peter Wells Writer
Adrian G. RoddaPolitician
A. R. RawlinsonMilitary person

Michael King on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/kingmichael.htm
  2. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-120753.html
  3. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=3558193
  4. http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/history-man-2004
  5. http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/michael-king-a-moment-in-time-2007
  6. http://www.writerscentre.org.nz