Chris Gardner was the pen name for Marjorie Gardner, an English-Australian writer of television, radio and theatre.
[1] She was born in England and emigrated to Australia in the 1950s, settling at Woody Point, Queensland.
Gardner started writing when briefly bed-ridden due to a slipped disc then became more serious about it when she joined a Brisbane radio group in 1956.
[2] Her radio plays were produced by the ABC.
[3] Her stage play The Pub at Pelican Creek was commended in the 1958 General Motors play competition.