In its first year alone it put about 180,000 new books in the hands of about 38,000 children. By 2008, the scheme delivered 5 million books to schools around New Zealand. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1996), the sequel to Once Were Warriors, was the winner of the fiction section of the 1997 Montana Book Awards and was also made into a film What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? in 1999. Two Sides of the Moon was published in 1998. Duff wrote his own memoir, Out of the Mist and the Steam, in 1999. His first novel to be set outside of New Zealand is Szabad (2001). Inspired by the stories of people Duff met during his several trips to Hungary, the story takes place in Budapest during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Jake's Long Shadow (2002) is the third volume in Duff's Once Were Warriors trilogy. In 2003 Once Were Warriors was brought to the stage across New Zealand as a musical drama. In 2000, Duff released a book called Alan Duff's Maori heroes (). In 2009, Duff released his new book Who Sings for Lu? In 2019, Duff released A Conversation with my Country (). Duff regularly writes for the New Zealand Herald. References External links Interview with Alan Duff Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors -- Social and Political Contexts Literary Encyclopedia 1950 births Living people New Zealand Māori writers New Zealand writers People from Rotorua People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School Ngāti Rangitihi people Ngāti Tūwharetoa people New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire