She had first visited Greece 18 years earlier and returned several times. In 1984 she wrote Stranger and Friend, a nonfiction book about Greek migrants to Australia. ĭonkin served as president of the Children's Book Council of Australia (Victoria) from 1968 to 1976. Nancy Shepherdson, writing in Twentieth-century Children's Writers, considered Donkin's first books to have "uninspired plots and much digressive conversation". The following year her husband's company transferred him back to Australia and she began writing as Alison Clare. Donkin at West Maitland on 14 January 1939 and moved to England where she worked as a freelance writer, including radio scripts. From there she moved to the Newcastle Morning Herald where she was social and fashion editor and also reviewed films. Career ĭonkin had her first short story published at the age of eight and began writing on social happenings for the Maitland Daily Mercury at 16. She was educated at Maitland High School and was appointed secretary of the Old Girls' Union's Younger Set in 1934. Nance Clare Pender was born in Maitland on 7 March 1915, youngest daughter of Archibald Thomas and Clara Rose Pender. Nance Clare Donkin AM (7 March 1915 – 18 April 2008) was an Australian children's writer and journalist.
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