AKA Christina Ellen Stead

Born: 17-Jul-1902
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: 31-Mar-1983
Location of death: Sydney, Australia
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: Australia
Executive summary: The Man Who Loved Children

Father: David Stead
Husband: William Blake (banker, m. 1952, d. 1968)

    University: New South Wales Teachers College, Sydney (1921)

Author of books:
The Salzburg Tales (1934, short stories)
Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934, novel)
The Beauties and Furies (1936, novel)
House of All Nations (1938, novel)
The Man Who Loved Children (1940, novel)
For Love Alone (1944, novel)
Letty Fox: Her Luck (1946, novel)
A Little Tea, a Little Chat (1948, novel)
The People with the Dogs (1952, novel)
Colour of Asia (1955, novel)
Great Stories of the South Sea Islands (1955, short stories)
The Puzzleheaded Girl (1965, short stories)
Dark Places of the Heart (1966, novel)
The Little Hotel (1973, novel)
Miss Herbert (The Suburban Wife) (1976, novel)
A Christina Stead Reader (1979)
Ocean of Story (1985, short stories)
The Palace With Several Sides (1986, novel)
I'm Dying Laughing (1986, novel)

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