Sarah Ell
Sarah Ell comes from Auckland’s North Shore, and is the author of 10 fiction and non ficiton titles, for adults and chidren. Her particular interests are New Zealand history and natural history. Her latest two publications are the historical survey Ocean: Tales of Discovery and Encounter that Defined New Zealand (Penguin, 2018) and YA non-fiction title Lost Wonders: Vanished Creatures of Aotearoa (Allen & Unwin, 2020).
With more than two decades' experience in book and magazine publishing, she currently works as a freelance writer, editor and editorial consultant.
- NZSA-Auckland Museum Grant and Residency Recipient 2019
- Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book 2013 for Sirocco the Rock-Star Kakapo
- New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Finalist Non-Fiction Category 2009 for High-Tech Legs on Everest.
- Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book 2009 for High-Tech Legs on Everest.
- Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Book 2006 for Talking to Adam.
- Storylines Senior Fiction Notable Book 2003 for When the War Came Home
- Shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Medal 2002 for When the War Came Home.
Genre:
Skills:
- Adult Fiction
- Adult Non-Fiction
- Children's Fiction
- Children's Non-Fiction
- Feature Articles
- Freelance Writer
Branch:
Auckland
Location:
Auckland
Publications:
Lost Wonders: Vanished Creatures of Aotearoa
YA non-fiction
Allen & Unwin, 2020
The stories behind New Zealand's shocking record of species extinction.
Written with the assistance of the NZSA-Auckland Museum Grant and Residency 2019
Ocean: Tales of Discovery and Encounter that Defined New Zealand
Adult non-fiction
Penguin, 2018
New Zealand's relationship with the sea over time.
Sirocco the Rock-Star Kakapo
Children's non fiction
Random House, 2012
A look at the life of the world's most famous kakapo.
Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book 2013
A New Zealand Christmas
Adult non fiction
Random House, 2008
High-Tech Legs on Everest (with Mark Inglis)
YA non-fiction
Random House, 2008
- New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Finalist Non-Fiction Category 2009
- Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book 2009
Shoot the Breeze
Adult non-fiction/humour
Random House, 2007
Talking to Adam
YA fiction
Scholastic, 2005
Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Book 2006
Dinghy Sailing: The Essential Guide
Adult non-fiction
New Holland, 2001
When the War Came Home
YA fiction
Scholastic, 2002
- Shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Medal 2002
- Storylines Senior Fiction Notable Book 2003
Fired Up
YA fiction
Scholastic, 1998
There She Blows
YA non-fiction
Bush Press, 1995