There doesn’t seem to be much information out there on this author.  She might have been born in 1932:  all I do know is that she wrote books with a Christian slant which were published both in Australia and London.  

Jean’s Black Diamond:  a Story of Australia
Children’s Special Service Mission, London, 1951

“Here is an unusual storybook for girls - unusual for several reasons. It was written by a girl of fifteen; it won second
prize in the C.S.S.M. Literature Competition; and it describes life in the wide spaces of inland Australia. Jean's
adventures when she meets and then masters the beautiful black mare which is the true 'heroine' of the story are
vividly told; the writer's insight into the mind of a girl gives great realism to the tale. Underlyng the very happy family
life on Brownley farm is a vital secret - and this story shows how Christian virtues are worked out in everyday life.”

Son of Diamond:  a Story of Australia
Children’s Special Service Mission, London, 1952

Many thanks to Konstanze Allsopp for the picture. 

Deborah Bennett

Susan’s Conquest
Children’s Special Service Mission, London, 1956, illus L F Lupton

Many thanks to Lisa Catz for the information on this book.
Susan lives in Sydney, with her ill mother. Her father has left and moved to Canada. Susan is being sent to stay with
her mother’s cousin, where she will be able to ride and paint.  The three boys who live there, though, are hostile to
her.  Susan falls for a grey horse called Stardust, but isn’t allowed to ride him. She has to ride Derry.  She manages
to makes friends with some local girls, but still can’t forget the horse she isn’t allowed to ride:  Stardust.

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