Ruth Park
Ruth Park
Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the Southand Playing Beatie Bow, and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat, which also spawned a book series...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 August 1923
risk cliffs may
He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.
real character writing
The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.
writing passion wanted
Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.
morning sea sky
In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.
morning sea sky
In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.
smart cat should-have
"You know, Mouse," Tabby said, "a brilliant cat like me should have smart friends; people who can count to more than four." "I can count to more than four," answered Mouse, very offended. "And I can do hard sums, and I know geography and history, and I can knit and ..."