Dorothy Wall

Dorothy Wall
Born(1894-01-12)12 January 1894
Kilbirnie, New Zealand
Died21 January 1942(1942-01-21) (aged 48)
Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationAuthor, illustrator
NationalityNew Zealander
Australian
Period1920–1942
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseAndrew Delfosse Badgery (married 4 November 1921, St. Albans Anglican Church, Five Dock, New South Wales)[citation needed]
ChildrenPeter (son)

Dorothy Wall (12 January 1894 – 21 January 1942) was a New Zealand-born writer and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian (1933), Blinky Bill Grows Up (1934) and Blinky Bill and Nutsy (1937). Most of her books were first published by Angus & Robertson.