Sebastian is a rat with a problem - he has no tail.  Try as he might he just can't find the right tail for him. They're either too long or too curly - or even too fluffy. 
Just when he has given up, help arrives. 
Published in 2008 by Penguin Group (NZ) www.penguin.co.nz 
ISBN13:9780143502913
Illustrations by Lamia Aziz
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Vanessa’s husband, children, and even the cat leave home at the same time.  What should she do now? Stuck in a dead-end job, impatient with her long-standing but boring neighbour and would be suitor Henry, Vanessa decides on a tour of the South Island.

She meets Nigel, cocky, funny, sexy Nigel, and embarks on a holiday romance that spills over into something more permanent when Nigel follows her back to her home in Auckland.  But Nigel is married.  Or is he? And Henry would go and ‘declare his intentions’ at the wrong moment!  It’s all too confusing!

When tragedy occurs, Vanessa finds herself making a surprise decision.  A decision she had once uncomfortably dreamt about.  

Published by Zumaya Publications 2003 - www.zumayapublications.com
ISBN 1-894942-00-0
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How many times have you wished to be someone else - or at least to be a more interesting shade than 'see-through'?  That's the problem facing our shrimp who is tired of being plain and boring and wants some colour in his life.  Unfortunately being pink isn't all it's cracked up to be, as our tiny hero soon discovers.  
Published by Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2003
Illustrations by Kevin Wildman
ISBN 1-86948-616-1

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Book no longer in print.  Copies avaliable from Libraries and schools throughout New Zealand.

When Averil Matthews arrives to sort out her deceased aunt's estate, she expects to find a neat bundle of papers in a draw somewhere, reflecting her aunt's unassuming life.  Instead, she finds a passionate love letter, worn by years of reading and re-reading.  

Driven to learn the truth, Averil enlists the aid of mystery writer Rose Roundtree, and what they discover changes Averils life forever.  


Published by Zumaya Publications 2006 - www.zumayapublications.com
ISBN 13:978-1-55410-298-3  


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A woman has come to the island. From his hiding place he watches her. Instinct tells him this woman is trouble. It’s there in her quick step, the way she looks about her with a bright curious gaze.
It must not be…

This is his sanctuary, the place where he feels safe, where he can live without fear, where he can watch over his princess. Now he senses confrontation, discovery…
The hope that he’s wrong brings him to his feet. He edges forward, stepping from one tree to the next, like a child playing hide and seek. Only this is no game…

Published by Zumaya Publications 2012 -  zumayapublications.com 
ISBN: 978-1-936144-22-8

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Do you want to write a short story, a children’s picture book, an article or novel but don’t know where to begin?
Do  you want to know how to make your characters ‘come to life’, your dialogue  sparkle and your settings realistic?
Are you concerned with plot, theme, structure and the editing process? 
This book shows the writer how to develop their ideas into completed stories, with an in-depth analysis of what makes a story work.  Author Judy Lawn’s book is based on her experiences as a published writer in short stories, children’s picture books, novels, articles, and journalism; and her years as a creative writing tutor.  


Published by Jupiter Publishing NZ Ltd
ISBN: 978-0-473-20623-9
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