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Eleanor Coombe Eleanor Coombe i(A12490 works by) (birth name: Eleanor Cane)
Also writes as: Dan Jerris
Born: Established: 1952 Tasmania, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Eleanor Coombe has enjoyed fairy stories from a young age. Growing up in Tasmania 'she had the opportunity to live amongst giant ferns, fabulous mosses and towering rain forests, which provided the basis for dreaming and writing about fabulous fairyland'.

Coombe has been a hobby farmer in Tasmania and continues to write from her home there.

Source: The Faraway Fairies website, http://www.farawayfairies.com.au/author.html
Sighted: 05/08/2009

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

The Angel's Mother 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: Monitor : The Newspaper of the University of Canberra (Supplement) , 11 November vol. 2 no. 17 1992; (p. 4-5) Redoubt , no. 16 1993; (p. 3-8)
1992 joint runner-up University of Canberra National Short Story Competition — Tertiary Section
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