Alexa Johnston
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Alexa Johnston | |
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| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Alma mater | Northcote College, University of Auckland |
| Genre | Biography, cookery |
| Notable works | Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life, Ladies, a Plate |
| Notable awards | Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award, Recipe Book of the Year |
| Website | |
| Ladies, a plate | |
Alexa Johnston is an author, art curator, and historian from New Zealand.
Johnston attended Northcote College. She studied Art History at the University of Auckland.[1]
Career
Johnston worked for nineteen years as a curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[2]
Following the 2002 exhibition, 'Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond', which she curated for Auckland Museum, Johnston published her first book, Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life.[2][3] The book was translated into German by Ursula Pesch and Hans Freundl.[4] Johnston collaborated with David Larsen to write Reaching the Summit, biography of Edmund Hillary for young adults.[5]
Johnston has published a number of books celebrating New Zealand's culinary history including Ladies, a Plate (2008), A Second Helping (2009), What's For Pudding? (2011), and Ladies, a Plate: Jams and Preserves (2016).[2]
In 2016, Johnston edited and revised the Edmonds Cookery Book for its 69th De Luxe edition.[6]
