Dorothy Richards (writer)
Dorothy Richards (1916–2016) was an Australian writer.[1]
Biography[edit]
Richards spent most of her life in Williamstown. She completed her primary education from Strathmore Grammar School, which later became Westbourne Grammar School.[2][3] Later, she attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne.[2] She was married to Harold Richards.[2]
Her interest in writing developed when she joined Friday Writers.[2] During her writing career, she wrote for the Australian Women's Weekly and the Weekly Times.[2] Based on her writing, a movie named My Father Is a Wonderful Man was released.[2]
Books[edit]
- An Anthology of Aunts: Growing Up in Williamstown (1998)
- Free Range (2007)
References[edit]
- ^ "Dorothy Richards".
- ^ a b c d e f "Dorothy Richards obituary: Williamstown writer stuck to her home patch – for near a century". 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Amazing aunts, amazing author". 22 August 2012.