Category: Australasian authors
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O’Neill, Judith
About the author Judith O’Neill (1930–2006) was born in Melbourne, Australia. One side of her family were convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land – the other emigrants from the Isle of Skye. She studied at the University of Melbourne, and the Institute of Education in London. She moved between England and Australia until she married…
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Norrington, Leonie
About the author When Leonie Norrington’s son was in year six, he asked her to spell the word ‘because’. She couldn’t, and so she left her life working outside, and went back to school. After a course in remedial English, she sat year 12 again and fell in love with English literature. She went on…
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Nicholson, Trudy
About the author Trudy is a photographer and author. Her books include two non fiction titles on horses and dogs, and a series of six books (thus far) – the White Cloud Station series. Trudy Nicholson lives in Tasman Bay with her horse and dog. Finding the booksAll the books are in print. The first…
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Morris, Ruth
About the author Ruth Morris (b.1926) was born in Victoria, where her father commanded the Army Garrison. She was educated at Melbourne University, taught, and in 1949 came to England for two years, where she worked on farms, and with the mentally and physically disabled. She moved back to Australia, and started writing The Runaway, basing…
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Mitchell, Elyne
About the author Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002) was a writer whose books were all based firmly in the Australian landscapes she loved. She started writing during the Second World War, when there was an upsurge in literature based in Australia as the threat of invasion by the Japanese threw Australians back on realising the beauty and…
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Martin, Toy
About the author The Taronga Road Riders is a series of eight books by American author Toy Martin. The series is set in Australia, and features the Pokey Creek Pony Club. Toy Martin seems a force to be recognised with: when she was just 22, she had already been an Olympic speed skater. She migrated…
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Marshall, Alan
About the author Alan Marshall (1902–84) was born in Noorat, Australia. At the age of six, he went down with polio, which left him, as it left so many others in that pre-vaccination age, with physical difficulties that remained with him throughout his life, and which eventually led to the amputation of his right leg.…
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Manson, Cecil and Celia
About the author Cecil (1896–1987) and Celia Manson (1908–87) wrote historical articles and books together. Cecil was born in England, and educated at Repton School. He served in World War I, and worked as a journalist before moving to New Zealand. There he met Cecilia, who was born in Carterton and educated at Victoria University…
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Lumbers, Eugene
About the author Eugene Lumbers (1916–90) was born in Adelaide, and starting writing during the Second World War. After he was discharged from the Army in 1944, he became news editor of a radio station. He wrote widely for radio, producing features, dramas and documentaries, two of which featured racing. As television began to supplant…
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Lister, Gladys
About the author Gladys Henriques Lister (1887–1957) was the seventh of ten children, and was born in Hawthorn, Victoria. Her family had emigrated to Australia from America, though her mother’s ancestry was Irish. After leaving school, Gladys Lister studied painting under Julian Ashton; married in 1913, and had two children, Peter and Roberta. They featured…