Melanie Koster
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Koster, Melanie (1971 – ) is a children’s book writer. Born in Greymouth, Koster moved to Christchurch as a child, and has lived there since 1980. She worked as a travel consultant for many years, before starting a family. She now writes and is a voluntary music teacher.
Koster’s first picture book for children is The Reluctant Little Flower Girl, illustrated by Jenny Cooper (Mallinson Rendel, 2008). It was reviewed by Tessa Duder: ‘Great … to find rhyming text as skilful and easy to read … as Lynley Dodd’s.’ (Australian Woman’s Weekly, June 2008) The Reluctant Little Flower Girl was also reviewed on Nine to Noon by Kathryn Ryan and John McIntyre, please see a link to this in the section below.
Her first publication was a short story called ‘Rosie’, published in Southern Vintage (South Island Writers’ Association, 2005).
Her second publication Milly Maloo and the Miracle Glue was published by Scholastic NZ 2011.
Melanie Koster lives in Christchurch with her husband and two children.
WRITERS IN SCHOOLS INFORMATION
Melanie Koster is able to visit primary schools through the Book Council's Writers in Schools programme, and is happy to read aloud from her work, talk about how she writes and her life and work, answer questions, take workshops, and tell stories.
MEDIA LINKS AND CLIPS
- ‘Nine to Noon’ Radio NZ review of The Reluctant Little Flower Girl
- Beattie’s Book Blog review of The Reluctant Little Flower Girl
