Lorraine Orman has written nine books for children and young adults, as well as numerous short stories. Her books for younger readers are Ratso, Kev and Borax, Furze the Fixer, and Fish Tale. For intermediate ages she wrote two titles in the My Story historical series - Here Come the Marines, and Land of Promise, as well as a story in the Lightning Strikes series called Haunted. For young adults she has written Cross Tides (a NZ Post Awards First Book Award winner) and Hideout. With Tessa Duder, she co-edited an anthology called Out of the Deep and Other Stories From New Zealand and the Pacific. Her latest work is a self-published e-book for young adults called Touchstone - available at major international online bookstores such as Amazon and Smashwords, as well as via the Wheelers e-Platform. Lorraine has reviewed many children's and YA books for Magpies, and also for the blog KidsBooksNZ. She has done numerous stints as a judge of local book awards and writing competitions. She has retired from writing books but is still writing short fiction and doing occasional reviews for KidsBooksNZ. In 2020 she was awarded the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for Services to Children's Literature and Literacy.

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