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1899–1996 Australia

Pamela Lyndon Travers (August 9 1899 – April 23 1996) was a British author, born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, best known as the creator of the "Mary Poppins" series of stories.

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Also known as: P L Travers, PL Travers, Pamela Travers, Travers, P. L.

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I make a point of writing, if only a little, every day, as a kind of discipline so that it is not a whim but a piece of work.

The Paris Review interview (1982)

I certainly had no specific child in mind when I wrote Mary Poppins.

The Paris Review interview (1982)

Anon is my favorite literary character.

The Paris Review interview (1982)

My Zen master, because I’ve studied Zen for a long time, told me that every one (and all the stories weren’t written then) of the Mary Poppins stories is in essence a Zen story.

The Paris Review interview (1982)

You know C. S. Lewis, whom I greatly admire, said there’s no such thing as creative writing.

The Paris Review interview (1982)

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