Bacon, R(onald) L(eonard)
BACON, R(onald) L(eonard)
BACON, R(onald) L(eonard). New Zealander (born Australia), b. 1924. Genres: Novels, Children's fiction, Children's non-fiction. Career: Retired, formerly Principal, Favona Primary School, Auckland. Children's Literature Society of New Zealand Inc, Award for Service to Children's Literature, 1994. Publications: In the Sticks, 1963; Along the Road, 1964; The Boy and the Taniwha, 1966; Rua and the Sea People, 1968; Auckland: Gateway to New Zealand, 1968; Again the Bugles Blow, 1973; Auckland: Town and Around, 1973; The House of the People, 1977; Hatupatu and the Bird Woman, 1979; Wind, 1984; The Bay, 1985; The Fish of Our Fathers, 1985; The Home of the Winds, 1985; Hemi Dances, 1985; A Legend of Kiwi, 1987; Hemi and the Whale, 1988; The Green Fish of Ngahui, 1989; The Clay Boy, 1990; A Mouse Singing in the Reeds, 1990; Three Surprises for Hemi, 1990; The Banjo Man, 1990; Hemi and the Skateboard and Sasquatch Harrison, 1992; Bone Tree, 1994; The Naming of the Land, 1997; The Great Jellification at the House of Ebenezer, 2003. Address: 3/5a McIntyre Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland 1701, New Zealand.