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Also Known As Ethel Sibyl Turner • Ethel Curlewis
Born January 24, 1872 • Doncaster • England
Died April 8, 1958 (aged 86)
Notable Works “Seven Little Australians”
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Australian writer
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P.L. Travers.
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Nevil Shute
English-born novelist
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Upfield, Arthur William
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Rolf Boldrewood
Australian writer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Valentin Katayev
Soviet writer
William Steig
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American cartoonist and author
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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O'Neill, Rose Cecil
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American illustrator and writer
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Yaşar Kemal
Turkish author
Kästner, 1970
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