A hartrodt australia p&l travers biography

Australian-English theater and literary critic, writer on mythology and spirituality, who wrote the enormouslypopular "Mary Poppins" books. Name variations: Pamela Lyndon Travers.

Born Helen Goff Travers on August 9, , in Queensland, Australia; died at her London home on April 23, ; daughter of Robert Travers and Margaret (Goff) Travers (Irish-Scottish ranchers); educated at home, then in Australian schools; never married; no children.

Was a writer, actress and dancer in Australia; freelance writer in England (–40); published Mary Poppins (); lived in America (–45), England (–65); was writer-in-residence at Radcliffe College, Massachusetts (–66), at Smith College, Massachusetts (–67), at Scripps College, California (); returned to England ().

I have long held that the secret of the successful children's book is that it is not written for children.

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Selected writings:

author of twelve books for children and seven for adults, including Mary