Alison Gray
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11 March 1943
Alison Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alison Mary Gray 11 March 1943 Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Died | 1 September 2021 (aged 78) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Spouse |
Ross Webb
(m. 1963, divorced) |
| Partner | Garth Baker (from 1984) |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Chilton Saint James School Wellington Girls' College |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington University of Auckland |
| Thesis | |
Alison Mary Gray QSM (11 March 1943 – 1 September 2021) was a New Zealand writer and social researcher. She wrote 11 books, ranging from feminist oral histories to novels and children's books. Gray established a social policy research consultancy that contributed to public sector policy reports in New Zealand and other Pacific nations.
Gray was born in 1943 in Lower Hutt, and was the third of six children.[1] She grew up in Lower Hutt and Thorndon, attending Hutt Central School, Chilton St James and Wellington Girls’ College.[1] She studied part time at Victoria University of Wellington while working at the Tourist and Publicity Department.[1] She earned a Master of Arts with Honours in English at the University of Auckland in 1968, and then completed a master's degree in sociology at Victoria in 1978.[1][2]
Career
Gray was a lecturer, writer and social researcher. In 1987 she spent a year in the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University as the Claude McCarthy Fellow.[1] She wrote 11 books, ranging from feminist oral histories to novels and children's books. Gray established a social policy research consultancy that contributed to public sector policy reports in New Zealand and other Pacific nations.[1][3][2]
In 1990, Gray received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1] In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.[4] In 1996 Gray was awarded a PEN Fellowship for fiction.[2]
