Mary Elwyn Patchett
Australian children's author, beautician and dietitian. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mary Elwyn Patchett (2 December 1897 – 1989) was an Australian writer of children's literature, beautician and dietitian. She was considered to be a pioneer of children's science fiction and the most widely-read Australian children's author of the time.[1] Patchett spent most of her life in England where both her beauty salon and authorial careers began.