Mary Steele

Mary Steele is one of Australia’s most successful and best-loved writers for children. She is also the author of Featherbys, Arkwright (winner of Australia’s Children’s Book Council Book of the Year for 1986), Mallroots Pub at Misery Ponds, Citizen Arkwright, and A Bit of a Hitch. Steele has lived in Australia all of her life and has worked as a children’s book reviewer, librarian, and freelance writer.