Essie Summers



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Essie Summers

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born
July 24, 1912 in Christchurch, New Zealand

died
August 27, 1998

gender
female

genre
Romance


About this author

Essie Summers (born Ethel Snelson Summers on July 24, 1912 in Christchurch, New Zealand - d. August 27, 1998) was a New Zealand author who wrote so vividly of the people and landscape of her native country that she was offered The Order Of the British Empire for her contributions to New Zealand tourism.

Ethel Snelson Summers was born on on July 24, 1912 to a newly-emigrated couple, Ethel Snelson and Edwin Summers, situated in Bordesley Street in Christchurch, Essie was always proud of both her British heritage and her New Zealand citizenship. Both her parents were exceptional storytellers, and this, combined with her early introduction to the Anne of Green Gables stories, engendered in her a life-long fascination with the craft of writing an...more


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Books by Essie Summers

Average rating: 3.84 · 829 ratings · 26 reviews · 65 distinct works
The Lake of the Kingfisher
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions
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Winter in July
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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Summer in December (Harlequ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1970
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Beyond the Foothills (Harle...
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions
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One More River to Cross
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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Goblin Hill
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions
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South Island stowaway
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
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THE TENDER LEAVES
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions
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The Master of Tawhai
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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High Country Governess
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1987
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