P.L. Travers

Pamela Lyndon Travers is best known for writing the Mary Poppins series. She wrote 11 books about her and has written another 4 novels. Travers was born in Maryborough, Queensland on the 9th of August 1899 and died on the 23rd of April 1996. Although her father died when she was seven, this didn’t stop her from pursuing her career. Though she has gone, her works still live on delighting the hearts of young children.

While still a teenager, she wrote poems for The Bulletin and Traid and while doing this she gained a reputation an actress. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a company that did Shakespeare’s plays. After this, she moved to England and started her writing. In 1934 she published Mary Poppins and it was an instant success. This is how another Mary Poppins book followed.

Old copies of Mary Poppins can be found in odd places but one of which is a normal school classroom. P.L. Travers has contributed to English literature by writing great books by using just a wonderful imagination.