head shotI'm sad to hear that one of my favourite New Zealand authors past away recently.

I discovered Mr Gee's work through his 1992 novel Going West and became a big fan. I was lucky enough to attend a talk he gave at the old Christchurch City library promoting that book and have followed his work since then. Working on this site I discovered  that he wrote for the New Zealand small screen on classics like Close to Home and Mortimer's Patch, and several of his books were adapted over the years:

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His place in the New Zealand Literary landscape is a major one, I just hope more of his small screen work will become available for a wider audience to appreciate..

My condolences to his family and friends.

 

 

 

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