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Judith O'Neill (1930-2006)
Australian author. Born in Melbourne in 1930, the descendant of British convicts and settlers from the Isle of Skye, a background which was to appear in her books many years later. She studied in both Melbourne and England and eventually settled in England with her husband and family, where she taught English. She did not begin to write until the 1980s when she gave up teaching. She wrote mainly for young adults and children, the books often being set in the historic Australia of her colourful ancestors. She also continued the theme in her non-fictional work about her convict forbears.
As far as I know only one of her books featured horses. This was also a historical story set in Australia, although as the author was living in England at the time it was actually published in the UK.
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