P.L. Travers, in full Pamela Lyndon Travers, original name Helen Lyndon Goff, (born August 9, 1899, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia—died April 23, 1996, London, England).
Australian English actress, journalist and writer known for her Mary Poppins books, about a magical nanny. The books insightfully explored the fraught relationship between children and adults through a combination of mythological allusion and biting social critique.
Travers wrote various books such as "Aunt Sass", "The Fox at the Manger', "I Go by Sea, I Go by Land" and others, but she is known mainly for her Mary Poppins series.
As early as 1926, Travers published a short story, "Mary Poppins and the Match Man", which introduced the nanny character of Mary Poppins and Bert the street artist.
Mary Poppins books:
Mary Poppins (1934)
Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935)
Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)
Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982)
Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1988)
Poppins also appeared in:
Mary Poppins from A to Z (1962)
Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story (1975).
