Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, (born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1937) is a notable Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She currently lives in Hongoeka Bay, Plimmerton.
She was awarded the Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours. Under the old system she would have held the title of Dame until the order was reformed in 2001..
Grace is a patron of the Coalition for Open Government.
Bibliography
Novels
- Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps (1978)
- Potiki (1986)
- Cousins (1992)
- Baby No-eyes (1998)
- Dogside Story (2001)
- Tu (2004)
Short story collections
- Waiariki (1975)
- The Dream Sleepers and Other Stories (1980)
- Electric City and Other Stories (1987)
- Selected Stories (1991)
- The Sky People (1994)
- 'Waiariki' first collection of short stories by a Maori woman writer (Longman Paul 1975, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd 1986).
- 'Mutuwhenua' first novel (Longman Paul 1978, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. 1986, Women's Press Livewire 1988, Cambridge University Press 1991.
- 'The Dream Sleepers' short stories (Longman Paul 1980, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. 1986).
- 'Potiki' second novel (Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. 1986, Women's Press Ltd. Great Britain 1987). Translated into Finnish, Kaantopiiri Helsinki 1990; German, Unionsverlag Zurich 1993; French, Arlea, 1993; Dutch, De Geus 1994; UHP Hawaii, 1995.
- 'Electric City' short story collection (Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. 1987).
- 'Selected Stories' stories selected from first three collections (Penguin (NZ) Ltd. 1991).
- 'Cousins' third novel (Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. 1992; German translation, Unionsverlag Zurich 1997).
- 'The Sky People' short story collection (Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd 1994; Women's Press Ltd. Great Britain).
- 'Collected Stories' collection of first three short story volumes (Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd 1984).
- Text for 'Wahine Toa' book of paintings by Robyn Kahuikiwa, stories with women in Maori mythology (William Collins 1984, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. Viking Pacific 1991).
Children's books
- The Kuia and the Spider/ Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere (1981)
- Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street/ Te Tuna Watakirihi me Nga Tamariki o te Tiriti o Toa (1984)
- The Trolley (1993)