David Hair is a writer from New Zealand who has written four
fantasy
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The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
series:
Aotearoa
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,
The Return of Ravana,
The Moontide Quartet (all for
young adult
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readers, except The Moontide Quartet) and his latest, which incorporates adult themes, The Sunsurge Quartet. His first novel, ''The Bone Tiki'', was published in 2009.
The Bone TikiHarperCollinsPublishers Australia
Retrieved on 16 May 2015.
Hair was born in Hawke's Bay
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and spent his working life in the financial service sector in Wellington.
Bibliography
The Aotearoa series
*''The Bone Tiki'' (2011) (Winner of the best first book award, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards
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)
*''The Taniwha's Tear'' (2010)
*''The Lost Tohunga'' (2012)
*''Justice and Utu'' (2012)
*''Ghosts of Parihaka'' (2013)
*''Magic and Makutu'' (2014)
The Return of Ravana series
*''Pyre of Queens'' (aka ''The Pyre'') (2011)
*''Swayamvara'' (''The Ghost Bride'') (aka ''The Adversaries'') (2011)
*''Souls in Exile'' (aka ''The Exile'') (2011)
*''King of Lanka'' (aka ''The King'') (2012)
The Moontide Quartet
*''Mage's Blood'' (2012)
*''Scarlet Tides'' (2013)
*'' Unholy War'' (2014)
*''Ascendant's Rite'' (2015)
The Sunsurge Quartet
*''Empress of the Fall'' (2017)
*''Prince of the Spear'' (2018)
*''Hearts of Ice'' (2019)
*''Mother of Daemons'' (2020)
Olympus Trilogy
(with Cath Mayo)
* ''Athena's Champion'' (2018)
* ''Oracle's War'' (2019)
* ''Sacred Bride'' (2019)
Tethered Citadel
* ''Map's Edge'' (2020)
* ''World's Edge'' (2021)
* ''Sorcerer's Edge'' (2022)
References
New Zealand fantasy writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
New Zealand children's writers
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