Mary Poppins is both a joy and a curse to me as a writer ..… - P. L. Travers

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Mary Poppins is both a joy and a curse to me as a writer ... As a writer, you can feel awfully imprisoned, because people, having had so much of one thing, want you always to go on doing more of the same.

P. L. Travers

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Pamela Lyndon Travers (August 9 1899 – April 23 1996) was a British author, born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, best known as the creator of the "Mary Poppins" series of stories.

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Pen Names: Pamela Lyndon Travers

Birth Name: Helen Lyndon Goff

Alternative Names: Miss Travers

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