David Hill (author)

Clive David Hill CNZM (born 1942) is a New Zealand author, especially well known for his young adult fiction.

His young fiction books See Ya, Simon (1992) and Right Where It Hurts (2001) have been shortlisted for numerous awards.

[2] He gained an MA (Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington in 1964 and taught English in secondary schools in New Zealand and England before becoming a full-time writer in 1982.

[3][4] His work includes fiction, plays and reviews and articles in newspapers, journals and magazines, both in New Zealand and overseas.

[12] Hill was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2004 New Year Honours, for services to literature.