P.L. Travers

P. L. Travers is the pen name of Helen Lyndon Goff, the Australian-British writer who adopted it in 1933 while working on the first of her Mary Poppins books. Born in Maryborough, Queensland, she spent most of her career in England, best known for the series about a magical nanny in Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back and Mary Poppins Opens the Door. She had also worked briefly as a professional Shakespearean actress. She died in 1996.