Jenny Pattrick

New Zealand novelist (born 1936)

Jenny Pattrick
Born	Jennifer Lynette Pattrick 1936
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation(s)	Novelist, jeweller

Jennifer Lynette Pattrick OBE (née Priestley, born 1936) is a New Zealand novelist, known primarily for her historical fiction.^[1] Her first novel, The Denniston Rose (2003) and its sequel Heart 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 the International Institute of Modern Letters.^[4] In 2009, she was awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship,^[1] during which she wrote her sixth novel Inheritance (2010).^[5] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the arts, in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[3]^[6]

Pattrick's novels are often set in New Zealand locations. The Denniston Rose and Heart of Coal centre on coalmining communities on the Denniston plateau from the late 1800s to early 1900s.^[7] Landings (2008) is about the Whanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century.^[8] Heartland (2014) is set in a fictional town based on the Central Plateau settlement of Rangataua.^[9]

Pattrick was a jeweller for 35 years and has had pieces gifted to overseas dignitaries by the New Zealand government.^[10]

Works

The Denniston Rose (Penguin, 2003)
Heart of Coal (Penguin, 2004)
Catching the Current (Black Swan, 2005)
In Touch with Grace (2006)
Landings (Black Swan, 2008)
Grace Notes (2009)
Inheritance (Black Swan, 2010)
Skylark (2012)
Heartland (2014)
Leap of Faith (Penguin, 2017)
Harbouring (Penguin, 2022)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "| New Zealand Book Council". www.bookcouncil.org.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "A Way with Words: Jenny Pattrick – The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Bohemia Originals Snaps up "the Denniston Rose"". www.scoop.co.nz. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Wellingtonian interview: Jenny Pattrick". Stuff. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ Hill, David (5 April 2010). "Review: Inheritance". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "No. 51774". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 32.
^ "Jenny Pattrick: Heart of coal". The New Zealand Herald. 7 March 2004. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Whanganui woven into historical novel". Otago Daily Times Online News. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Small town, caring hearts". The New Zealand Herald. 17 May 2014. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Wellingtonian interview: Jenny Pattrick". Stuff. Retrieved 8 June 2019.