Jenny Pattrick | |
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| Born | Jennifer Lynette Pattrick 1936 (age 89–90) |
| Occupations | Novelist, jeweller |
Jennifer Lynette PattrickOBE (néePriestley, born 1936) is a New Zealand novelist, known primarily for her historical fiction.[1] Her first novel,The Denniston Rose (2003) and its sequelHeart 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 theInternational Institute of Modern Letters.[4] In 2009, she was awarded theKatherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship,[1] during which she wrote her sixth novelInheritance (2010).[5] She was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the arts, in the1989 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3][6]
Pattrick's novels are often set in New Zealand locations.The Denniston Rose andHeart of Coal centre on coalmining communities on theDenniston plateau from the late 1800s to early 1900s.[7]Landings (2008) is about theWhanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century.[8]Heartland (2014) is set in a fictional town based on the Central Plateau settlement ofRangataua.[9]
Pattrick was a jeweller for 35 years and has had pieces gifted to overseas dignitaries by the New Zealand government.[4]
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