Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett (born October 1967 in New Zealand ) is a New Zealand writer.

Bernard Beckett mainly writes books for young adults. Beckett lives in Wellington with his wife . He teaches drama , math and English at Hutt Valley High School in Lower Hutt .

Works (selection)

• Lester . Longacre Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1-877135-21-7 (English).
• Red Cliff . Longacre Press, 2000, ISBN 978-1-877135-42-2 (English).
• Jolt . Longacre Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-877460-29-6 (English).
• No alarms . Longacre Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-877135-75-0 (English).
• Lancing time . script 5, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8390-0121-9 (Original title: Malcolm and Juliet, 2004. ).
• Deep Fried . Random House New Zealand, 2005, ISBN 978-1-877361-11-1 (English, with Clare Knighton ).
• The new book of Genesis . script 5, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8390-0103-5 (Original title: Genesis, 2006. ).

Awards

• 2005: Esther Glen Award for Malcolm and Juliet
• 2005: Winner Young Adult Fiction Category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
• 2007: Winner Young Adult Fiction Category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
• 2007: Esther Glen Award for Genesis
• 2010: Sense of Gender Award for the Japanese translation of Genesis

Web links

• Bernhard Beckett: Author information and occasional blog. In: bernardbeckett.wordpress.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013 . 
• Bernard Beckett | script5 publishing house. In: script5.de. Accessed November 27, 2017 (publisher information). 
• Literature by and about Bernard Beckett in the catalog of the German National Library