Tarella quin biography for kids

Australian children's author and novelist

Tarella Quin or Quinn (1877–1934), was an Australian children's author and novelist. She was also known as Mrs T. S.

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Tarella Quin, daughter of Edith Quin (née Dollman) and pastoralist and politician Edward Quin,^[2] was born in 1877 on a property near Wilcannia, New South Wales.^[3] She was educated in Adelaide at Miss Thornber's school in Unley Park.^[1]

Several of her books were illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.^[4][5]

Works

• Gum Tree Brownie and Other Faerie Folk of the Never Never, 1907
• Freckles, 1910
• Before the Lamps are Lit, 1911
• A Desert Rose, 1912
• Kerno: A Stone, 1914
• Paying Guests, 1917
• The Other Side of Nowhere, 1934
• Chimney Town, 1934

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