Ruth Park

1917 - 2010

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: New Zealand, Australia

languages spoken, written or signed: English

occupation: writer, novelist, children's writer

award received: Dromkeen Medal, Miles Franklin Literary Award, Member of the Order of Australia, Colin Roderick Award

official website: ruth-park.com.au

Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 1917 – 14 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South (1948) and Playing Beatie Bow (1980), and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1951–1970), which also spawned a book series (1962–1982). Source: Wikipedia (en)