Editing Maurice Shadbolt (section)

==Biography==
Shadbolt was born in [[Auckland]], and was the eldest of three children. He had a younger brother and sister, Peter and Julia. Shadbolt was educated at Te Kuiti High School, [[Avondale College]] and [[Auckland University College]]. Shadbolt began writing for local [[West Auckland, New Zealand|West Auckland]] community newspapers.<ref name="West-Hauauru">{{cite book |last1=Jahn-Werner |first1=Tara |chapter=The Children of Hauauru |pages=347–348 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}}</ref> In the 1960s, he moved to [[Titirangi]] with his family, buying a house that overlooked [[Little Muddy Creek (New Zealand)|Little Muddy Creek]], where he spent the next 42 years writing.<ref name="West-Hauauru"/>

In total, Shadbolt wrote 11 novels, four collections of short stories, two autobiographies, a war history, and a volume of journalism, as well as plays.<ref name="NZHerald3599408"/> He won the [[Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award]] for a short story three times: in 1963, 1967 and 1995.<ref name="Wells">{{cite news |last1=Wells |first1=Amanda |title=Short stories go online |work=Dominion |date=2 April 2001 |page=IT1}}</ref> His first collection of short stories, ''The New Zealanders'', was published in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. His most famous book is probably ''[[Season of the Jew]]'' (1987), which recounts the story of [[Te Kooti]].

In the [[1989 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1989 New Year Honours]], Shadbolt was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for services to literature.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51580 |date=31 December 1988 |page=34 |supp=3}}</ref>

Shadbolt suffered from what was thought to be [[Alzheimer's disease]], which during his autopsy was found to be [[Lewy body dementia]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} He died on 10 October 2004 in a Taumarunui rest home, surrounded by his children.<ref name="NZHerald3599408"/> Shadbolt had five children: Sean, Brendan and twins Tui and Daniel from his first marriage to journalist and author Gillian Heming, and Brigid from his second marriage to television presenter Barbara Magner. Shadbolt was also married to actress [[Bridget Armstrong]]. His cousin [[Tim Shadbolt]] was [[Mayor of Invercargill]] for nearly 20 years until 2022.