Enid Moodie Heddle

Enid Moodie Heddle
Born Enid Olive Mary Moodie Heddle
(1904-03-10)10 March 1904
Elsternwick, Victoria
Died 11 December 1991(1991-12-11) (aged 87)
Glen Iris, Victoria
Occupation writer and poet
Language English
Nationality Australian
Notable works The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales
Notable awards Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1957
Years active 1937-1970

Enid Moodie Heddle (1904-1991) was an Australian poet and writer for children who was born in Elsternwick, Victoria.[1]

She attended Sydney Girls' High School, and graduated from the University of Melbourne with an MA. She then taught at schools in South Australia and Victoria, while also spending some time in England teaching and researching children's libraries.

In 1935 she joined the Longman publishing house and worked as an educational adviser to Longmans and Collins from 1935-1946. After the Second World War she was appointed as Education Manager and in that capacity oversaw the publication of textbooks for schools and universities.[1]

Heddle published two collections of poetry and edited a number of books, with The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales winning the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1957.[2]

She died in Glen Iris, Victoria in 1991.[1]

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