Bruce, Mary Grant (1878–1958)

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Bruce, Mary Grant (1878–1958)

Australian journalist and children's writer. Name variations: (pseudonym) Cinderella. Born May 24, 1878, in Sale, Victoria, Australia; died July 12, 1958, in Bexhill-on-Sea, England; dau. of Eyre Lewis Bruce and Mary Whittakers Bruce; m. George Evans, 1914 (died 1946); children: 2.

Worked as children's editor for The Age; traveled to England and Ireland (1913) and met future husband; wrote stories for BBC Children's Hour (1930s) and contributed to Blackwood's Magazine; returned to Australia (1939); published 37 children's novels, including A Little Bush Maid (1910), which became the 1st of 15 books in the "Billabong Series" (1910–42), and Peter and Co. (1940); wrote book of aboriginal legends, The Stone Age of Burkamukk (1922), and collection of radio talks, The Power Within (1940).

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