Phyllis Piddington

Phyllis Piddington (9 October 1910 – 8 July 2001) was an Australian writer.

After her marriage in 1938 she went to Britain to study and teach, spending the war in Aberystwyth.

[1] She moved back to Australia in 1946, lecturing in speech and drama for 15 years.

After her retirement in 1969 she published Southern Rainbow a book set in the late 1830s of South Australia.

[1][2] It was adapted as an anime television series Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow as part of World Masterpiece Theater series by Nippon Animation.