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Lucy Walker


Born
in Boulder, Australia
May 04, 1907

Died
December 17, 1987

Genre
Romance


Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Lucy Walker (1907–1987) was the most famous of a few pseudonyms used by Dorothy Lucie Sanders (née McClemans). She was born in Boulder, Western Australia, on 4 May 1907. Her father was of Irish stock, a minister of the Church of England. Her mother was from New Zealand. Dorothy began writing at an early age, despite her father’s scepticism about her ability.

A qualified teacher from Perth College (1928), she taught in state schools in Western Australia until 1936. She continued teaching later in London while her husband, a fellow school teacher whom she married in 1936, completed his doctorate in education.

They returned to Perth, Australia in 1938 but Dorot ...more

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Reaching for the Stars
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Kingdom of the Heart
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“Wise people don’t know they’re wise because they’re usually very natural. Foolish people don’t know they’re foolish … for the same reason.”
― Lucy Walker, Master of Ransome
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