Travers biography
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P. L. Travers
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
Pamela Lyndon TraversOBE (TRAV-ərz; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-born British writer who spent most of her career in England.[1] She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books,[2] which feature the eponymousmagical nanny.
Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Her writing was first published when she was a teenager, and she also worked briefly as a professional Shakespearean actress. Upon emigrating to England at the age of 24, she took the name "Pamela Lyndon Travers" and adopted the pen name P. L. Travers in 1933 while writing the first of eight Mary Poppins books.
Travers travelled to New York City during World War II while working for the British Ministry of Information. At that time, Walt Disney contacted her about selling to
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Mary Travers
American människor singer (1936–2009)
For other uses, see Mary Travers (disambiguation).
Mary Travers | |
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Travers in 1977 | |
| Born | Mary Allin Travers (1936-11-09)November 9, 1936 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 2009(2009-09-16) (aged 72) Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1955–2009 |
| Spouses | John Filler (m. 1958; div. 1960)Barry Feinstein (m. 1963; div. 1968)Gerald L. Taylor (m. 1969; div. 1975)Ethan Robbins (m. 1991) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Virginia Coigney (mother) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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Musical artist | |
| Website | peterpaulandmary.com |
Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) was an American sing
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Dear Reader,
A new biography of P.L. Travers is scheduled for release in 2025 by Pen & Swords, a British publisher specializing in history and true crime. The author of this biography is Elisabeth Galvin, a British journalist and author who currently resides with her family in Brisbane, Australia.
Last year after discovering this blog, Elisabeth reached out to me, sparking a correspondence that eventually, to my delight, culminated in my contribution of a chapter about P.L. Travers’s spiritual beliefs.
Elisabeth Galvin has written two other biographies of famous children’s writers. The first one, “The Extraordinary Life of E. Nesbit”, which will be the subject of this blog post, was published in 2018. The second, “The Real Kenneth Graham”, was published in 2021.
P.L. Travers was in her own words “a tremendous Nesbit fan” and read her books again and again even as an adult.
I think so highly of her, and I’m absolutely sure