Mary Elwyn Patchett
1897
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1989
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Australia
languages spoken, written or signed: Australian English, English
occupation: journalist, science fiction writer, children's writer, writer
Mary Elwyn Patchett (2 December 1897 – 1989) was an Australian writer of children's literature, beautician and dietitian. She was considered to be a pioneer of children's science fiction and the most widely-read Australian children's author of the time. Patchett spent most of her life in England where both her beauty salon and authorial careers began. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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