![]() ![]() ![]() After Goff's death, his widow was left with precarious finances and three girls. As Valerie Lawson shows in her book Mary Poppins, She Wrote, the first complete biography of the writer, it would take more than a spoonful of sugar to sweeten Travers's childhood.īorn Helen Lyndon Goff in Queensland, Australia, in 1899, she was the oldest daughter of Margaret and Travers Goff, a bank employee who drank heavily and died when she was 7. Nesbit to Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) have proved, caution is wise when delving into the life of a beloved children's writer. (Maybe she should have tried flinging the magical nanny, carpetbag and all, off Reichenbach Falls.)Īs biographies of everyone from E. ![]() Like Doyle, Travers longed to be taken seriously as a writer, but felt her most popular character inhibited that. Travers, the Australian-born author of the eight "Mary Poppins" books. In terms of authors who are eclipsed by their creations, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had nothing to complain about compared with P.L. 17 Cherry Tree Lane? What kind of umbrella did she have? What was her bag made of? Who starred in the movie? Now, who wrote the books? (No fair peeking at the title.) Quick: Which wind brought Mary Poppins crashing into No. ![]()
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