Alison Gray

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.^[1][2][3]

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]

Gray died in Wellington from motor neuron disease on 1 September 2021.^[1]

• Barrington, Rosemary; Gray, Alison (1981). The Smith Women: 100 New Zealand Women Talk About Their Lives. Reed. ISBN 978-0-589-01388-2.
• Gray, Alison (1985). Expressions of Sexuality. Martin Stewart, photographer. Reed Methuen. ISBN 978-0-474-00004-1.
• Gray, Alison (1988). Teenangels: Being a New Zealand Teenager. Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press. ISBN 978-0-86861-619-3.
• Gray, Alison (28 April 2021). Mothers & Daughters. Bridget Williams Books (published 1993). ISBN 978-0-908912-37-7.
• Gray, Alison (1997). Against the Odds: New Zealand Paralympians. Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 978-1-86958-566-2.