Best remembered for her Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series of children's books, this Australian writer and illustrator created the famous "gumnut babies" characters. Her later works include Bib and Bub: Their Adventures and Scotty in Gumnut Land. In the early years of the Twentieth Century, she began working for Perth, Australia's Western Mail newspaper. She later lived in the United Kingdom for nearly a decade, devoting herself to the study of art and publishing her debut book, About Us.
