Jenny Pattrick

Jennifer Lynette Pattrick OBE (née Priestley, born 1936) is a New Zealand novelist, known primarily for her historical fiction.[1] Her first novel, The Denniston Rose (2003) and its sequel Heart of Coal (2004) became two of New Zealand's best-selling novels.[1] She has published nine novels, and also writes and publishes songbooks for children.[2] The Denniston Rose has been optioned by Bohemia Group Originals.[3]

Pattrick is a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters.[4] In 2009, she was awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship,[1] during which she wrote her sixth novel Inheritance (2010).[5] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the arts, in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3][6]

Pattrick's novels are often set in New Zealand locations. The Denniston Rose and Heart of Coal centre on coalmining communities on the Denniston plateau from the late 1800s to early 1900s.[7] Landings (2008) is about the Whanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century.[8] Heartland (2014) is set in a fictional town based on the Central Plateau settlement of Rangataua.[9]

Pattrick was a jeweller for 35 years and has had pieces gifted to overseas dignitaries by the New Zealand government.[10]

Works
  • The Denniston Rose (Penguin, 2003)
  • Heart of Coal (Penguin, 2004)
  • Catching the Current (Black Swan, 2005)
  • In Touch with Grace (2006)
  • Landings (Black Swan, 2008)
  • Grace Notes (2009)
  • Inheritance (Black Swan, 2010)
  • Skylark (2012)
  • Heartland (2014)
  • Leap of Faith (Penguin, 2017)

References
  1. "| New Zealand Book Council". www.bookcouncil.org.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Noted. "A Way with Words: Jenny Pattrick – The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. Wednesday; April 2018, 11; Release, 3:56 pm Press Release: Joint Press. "Bohemia Originals Snaps up "the Denniston Rose" | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Wellingtonian interview: Jenny Pattrick". Stuff. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. Hill, David (5 April 2010). "Review: Inheritance". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. "No. 51774". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 32.
  7. "Jenny Pattrick: Heart of coal". The New Zealand Herald. 7 March 2004. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. "Whanganui woven into historical novel". Otago Daily Times Online News. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  9. "Small town, caring hearts". The New Zealand Herald. 17 May 2014. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  10. "Wellingtonian interview: Jenny Pattrick". Stuff. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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