After more than forty years working in education, Des Hunt is now a full-time writer living on New Zealand’s beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. Since the 1970’s he has shared his fascination with science and technology through textbooks, electronic devices, and computer programs. More recently he has turned to fiction as a way of interesting youngsters in the world that surrounds them. His first novel, A Friend in Paradise, was published in 2002.
Six of his books have been finalists in the Children’s Book Awards; two LIANZA finalists; and ten listed as Storylines Notable Books.
For more visit www.deshunt.com
A Friend in Paradise Torea Press
Broken Poppies Scholastic
Cool Nukes Scholastic
Crown Park Torea Press
Cry of the Taniwha Harper Collins
Deadly Feathers Torea Press
Frog Whistle Mine Harper Collins
Phantom of Terawhiti Harper Collins
Project Huia Scholastic
Shadows in the Ice Harper Collins
Skink Gully Torea Press
Steel Pelicans Harper Collins
Sunken Forest Scholastic
The Crocodile Nest Harper Collins
The Last Tuatara Torea Press
The Moa Cave Harper Collins
The Peco Incident Harper Collins
The Tooth Harper Collins
Whale Pot Bay Harper Collins
Where Cuckoos Call
Harper Collins
Torea Press
107 Miro Place, RD2 Whitianga 3592, New Zealand
© Des Hunt 2018
ISBN 978-0-9941226-7-4
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