Sherryl Jordan (1949-2023) was born in Hawera and lived in Tauranga.
Sherryl was a successful illustrator before she ever published a word. Once embarking on her true love, writing, she had written 36 picture books and 12 novels before her first, Rocco, was selected for publication by Scholastic. Then followed The Juniper Game and Winter of Fire and her much-loved, funny middle-grade series about Denzil, a hapless young medieval wizard.
Many of Sherryl’s books have been translated into other languages.
Accolades awarded to Sherryl Jordan for Winter of Fire:
- 2001 The Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand’s Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award
- 1994 Short-listed in the New Zealand AIM Book Of the Year Awards.
- 1994 American Library Association’s Best Book for Young Adults and Recommended Book for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader
- 1994 Best Children’s Book of the Year by Bank Street College of Education, USA.
- 1993 American Bookseller magazine’s ‘Pick of the List’
