Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt (4 June 1932—10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writer. His most famous book is probably Season of the Jew (1987), which recounts the story of Te Kooti. His works include:
- New Zealanders: a Sequence of Stories (1961).
- The New Zealanders (1961).
- Western Samoa: The Pacific's Newest Nation (1962).
- Among the Cinders (1965). A film version was released in 1983.
- New Zealand's Cook Islands: Paradise in Search of a Future (1967).
- An Ear of the Dragon (1971).
- Strangers and Journeys (1972).
- New Zealand: Gift of the Sea (1974).
- Danger Zone (1975).
- Isles of the South Pacific (1975).
- Love and legend: Some 20th century New Zealanders (1976).
- The Shell Guide to New Zealand (1976).
- Figures in Light: Selected Stories (1978).
- The Lovelock Version (1981).
- Season of the Jew (1987).
- Guide to New Zealand (1988).
- Voice of Galipoli (1989).
- Monday's Warriors (1990).
- Once on Chunuk Bair (1982), a play. A film version Chunuk Bair was released in 1991.
- House of Strife (1993).
- One of Ben's (1993).
- This Summer's Dolphin (1995).
- Summer Fires and Winter Country (1996).
- Dove on the Water (1998).
- A Touch of Clay (1998).
- From the Edge of the Sky: A Memoir (1999).
In total, Shadbolt wrote 11 novels, four collections of short stories, two autobiographies, a war history, and a volume of journalism, as well as plays. Shadbolt suffered from Alzheimer's disease from April 1997 onwards. He was survived by five children. A cousin, Tim Shadbolt, is Mayor of Invercargill.
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