PARK, (Rosina) Ruth (Lucia)

PARK, (Rosina) Ruth (Lucia). Australian (born New Zealand). Genres: Novels, Children's fiction, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Journalist; film writer; children's editor. Publications: The Uninvited Guest (play), 1948; The Harp in the South, 1948; Poor Man's Orange (in U.S. as 12 Plymouth Street), 1949; The Witch's Thorn, 1951; A Power of Roses, 1953; Pink Flannel, 1955; (with D'Arcy Niland) The Drums Go Bang (autobiographical), 1956; One-a-Pecker, Two-a-Pecker (in U.S. as Frost and the Fire), 1957; The Good-Looking Women (in U.S. as Serpent's Delight), 1961; The Hole in the Hill (in U.S. as The Secret of the Maori Cave), 1961; The Ship's Cat, 1961; Uncle Matt's Mountain, 1962; The Road to Christmas, 1962; The Road under the Sea, 1962; The Muddle-Headed Wombat series, 11 vols., 1962-76; Shaky Island, 1962; Airlift for Grandee, 1964; Ring for the Sorcerer, 1967; The Sixpenny Island (in U.S. as Ten-Cent Island), 1968; Nuki and the Sea Serpent, 1969; The Companion Guide to Sydney, 1973; Callie's Castle, 1974; The Gigantic Balloon, 1975; Swords and Crowns and Rings, 1977; Come Danger, Come Darkness, 1978; Playing Beatie Bow, 1980; When the Wind Changed, 1980; The Big Brass Key, 1983; The Sydney We Love, 1983; Missus, 1985; My Sister Sif, 1986; The Tasmania We Love, 1987; Roger Bandy, 1988; Callie's Family, 1988; Things in Corners, 1989; James, 1991; A Fence around the Cuckoo, 1992; Fishing in the Styx, 1993; Home before Dark, 1995; Ruth Park's Sydney, 1999. Address: c/o Curtis Brown Pty. Ltd, 27 Union St, Paddington, NSW 2021, Australia.