Alan Duff

Alan Duff was born on 26 October 1950 in Rotorua and grew up in state housing. After his parents separated, he lived with an uncle and aunt at Whakarewarewa, was expelled from secondary school, became a state ward and went through the Waikeria borstal at fifteen, then through prison in England in 1979. A novelist, essayist and screenwriter, he co-founded in 1995 the Books in Homes scheme, which gives books to children of poor families, and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

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• NovelOnce Were WarriorsAlan Duff · 1990Literature