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'I feel as though I've known Ruth Park all my life. I actually grew up in Surry Hills, Sydney, a couple of streets away from Devonshire Street, where she and D'Arcy Niland lived.'
'I expect I am one of the few authors blessed to have worked with Steven Woolman. He was a brilliant illustrator, and when I look back on my correspondence I see that his finessing of the text was also vital to the creation of the book.'
Among Anne Ingram's most significant gift to Australian publishing was her belief, 40 years ago, that Australian writers had stories that younger people around the world wanted to hear - stories about the lives of ordinary young Australians.