About Mabel Forrest
Lived 1872 – 1935 (aged 63). Mabel Forrest was an Australian novelist, poet, short story writer, writer and journalist.
Helena Mabel Checkley Forrest (6 March 1872 – 18 March 1935) was an Australian writer. Born in Queensland in 1872, she married in 1893 and began writing for newspapers to supplement her family's income. She divorced and re-married in 1902, and became a popular writer of short stories and poetry for newspapers and periodicals. Forrest also authored several novels, including The Wild Moth, which was adapted into the film The Moth of Moonbi in 1926.
Life Mabel Forrest was born near Yandilla, Queensland, on 6 March 1872. She was the daughter of the station manager James Checkley Mills and his wife Margaret Nelson . Forrest followed The Wild Moth with four more novels: Gaming Gods (1926), Hibiscus Heart (1927), Reaping Roses (1928) and White Witches (1929).
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Who was Mabel Forrest?
Australian writer
When was Mabel Forrest born?
Mabel Forrest was born on 6 March 1872 in Yandilla.
When did Mabel Forrest die?
Mabel Forrest died on 18 March 1935 in Brisbane.
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Mabel Forrest was a novelist, poet, short story writer, writer and journalist.
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Mabel Forrest was Australian.
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