{{Short description|New Zealand children's book author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2022}} '''Margaret Beames''' (18 October 1935 – 9 February 2016) was an author of children's books who lived in Feilding, New Zealand.<ref name="ccl">{{cite web |url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids/childrensauthors/margaretbeames.asp |title=Margaret Beames |work=Interviews with NZ Children's Authors |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |location=Christchurch, New Zealand |accessdate=29 July 2012 |archive-date=28 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928230924/http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids/childrensauthors/margaretbeames.asp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BookCouncilBio">{{cite web |title=Beames, Margaret |url=https://www.read-nz.org/writer/beames-margaret/ |website=Read NZ Te Pou Muramura |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928083506/https://www.read-nz.org/writer/beames-margaret/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames">{{cite web|url=http://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Margaret+Mahy+Award.html |title=Margaret Beames |work=Storylines.org.nz |publisher=Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand |location=Auckland, New Zealand |accessdate=29 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706024842/http://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Margaret%2BMahy%2BAward.html |archivedate=6 July 2012 }}</ref> Her first book was ''The Greenstone Summer'', published in 1977.<ref name="BookCouncilBio" /> She had 42 books published, including one posthumously.<ref name="GoogleTheShearwaterBell">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGyZQQAACAAJ |title=The Shearwater Bell |location= Mountain View, CA |isbn=9781869439484 |oclc=62499916 |accessdate=29 July 2012|last1=Beames |first1=Margaret |date=22 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Kilmister">{{cite news |last1=Kilmister |first1=Sam |title=Husband of late children's author Margaret Beames ensures publication of last book |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/100197388/husband-of-late-childrens-author-margaret-beames-ensures-publication-of-last-book |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Stuff |date=2 January 2018 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928083505/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/100197388/husband-of-late-childrens-author-margaret-beames-ensures-publication-of-last-book |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Awards== Beames' 2000 book ''Oliver in the Garden'' won the Picture Book category and the Children's Choice Award at the 2001 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and was included in the 2000 [https://web.archive.org/web/20100424223822/http://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Notable+Books+List.html Storylines Notable Books List] (Picture Books category), and the White Ravens list, organised by the International Youth Library.<ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames" /><ref name="2001Awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/2001-Awards |title=2001 Awards |date=28 September 2011 |work=New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards |publisher=Booksellers New Zealand |location=Wellington, New Zealand |oclc=182896192 |accessdate=29 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601083514/http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/2001-Awards |archivedate=1 June 2012 }}</ref> Four other books of hers were included on the Storylines Notable Books List: ''Storm'' on the 2000 Junior Fiction list; ''Outlanders'' on the 2001 Senior Fiction list; ''Duster'' on the 2003 Junior Fiction list; and ''Spirit of the Deep'' on the 2007 Young Adult Fiction list.<ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames" /> Two of her books were finalists in the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, ''Archway Arrow'' in 1997, and ''The Shearwater Bell'' in 1998.<ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames" /> She was the University of Otago College of Education Writer in Residence in 2005.<ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames" />
==Personal life== Beames was born in Oxford, England, and lived in Kenya for two years.<ref name="ccl" /><ref name="BookCouncilBio" /> In 1974, she moved to New Zealand and worked as a teacher for more than 30 years.<ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames" /> She was married with two children and six grandchildren.<ref name="StorylinesMargaretBeames" /> She died on 9 February 2016.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title=Margaret Rose BEAMES |url=https://deaths.manawatustandard.co.nz/nz/obituaries/manawatu-standard-nz/name/margaret-beames-obituary?pid=177680440 |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Manawatū Standard |date=11 February 2016 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928083507/https://deaths.manawatustandard.co.nz/nz/obituaries/manawatu-standard-nz/name/margaret-beames-obituary?pid=177680440 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal |Children's literature}} *[https://www.read-nz.org/writer/beames-margaret/ Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928083506/https://www.read-nz.org/writer/beames-margaret/ |date=28 September 2022 }} at the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151103130415/http://www.storylines.org.nz/Profiles/Profiles+A-C/Margaret+Beames.html Margaret Beames profile] at the Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand website
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