Lucy Walker (writer)

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Lucy Walker (1907-1987) was one of a few pseudonyms used by Dorothy McClemans. She was born in Western Australia, 4 May 1907. Her father was of Irish stock, a minister of the Church of England. Her mother was from New Zealand.^[1]

A qualified teacher from Perth College (1928), she taught in state schools in Western Australia until 1936. She continued teaching later in London while her husband, a fellow school teacher whom she married in 1936, completed his doctorate in education.^[1]

They returned to Perth, Australia in 1938 but Lucy Walker only began her writing in 1945, first in journalism, later as novelist. Walker was widowed in 1986 and died the following year.^[1]

Other pseudonyms used by this author: Shelley Dean, Dorothy Lucy Sanders, and Lucy Walker.

As Lucy Walker, she wrote about 39 romance books.^[2]

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Name	Walker, Lucy
Alternative names
Short description	Australian writer
Date of birth	1907
Place of birth
Date of death	1987
Place of death

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