Connie Christie

Connie Christie (31 January 1908 – 3 June 1989) was an English-born Australian artist who wrote and illustrated books for children. By 1950 sales of her books were reported to have reached one million[1] or two million[2] copies.

Connie Christie
Born
Constance Mary Charlotte Christie

(1908-01-31)31 January 1908
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Died3 June 1989(1989-06-03) (aged 81)
Brighton, Victoria, Australia

Career

Christie worked as a commercial artist, firstly for Val Morgan, the cinema advertising production company, and then for G. J. Coles Pty Ltd, then a chain store company. Working for Coles for 18 years, she designed its company logo and became known as the "Coles Orchid".[3]

In 1939 she wrote and illustrated her first book, The Adventures of Pinkishell, claimed to be Australia's first children's book about mermaids.[4] She wrote and illustrated The Connie Christie Annual from 1940 to 1950.[5] Her output included about 50 books of nursery rhymes and fantasy stories.[6]

Works
  • Christie, Connie (1939). The adventures of Pinkishell. Melbourne: Specialty Press.
  • —— (1940–1950). The Connie Christie annual : fairy stories and verse. Australian Digest.
  • —— (1950). Bunty's pixies. Melbourne: Specialty Press.

References
  1. "Interesting People". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 17, no. 37. Australia, Australia. 18 February 1950. p. 26. Retrieved 14 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Women's Letters (3 May 1950)", The Bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 71 (3664): 18, 3 May 1950, ISSN 0007-4039
  3. Macintyre, Pam, "Christie, Constance Mary Charlotte (Connie) (1908–1989)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 August 2022
  4. Hayward, Philip (2018). Scaled for success : the internationalisation of the mermaid. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-86196-732-2.
  5. Christie, Connie. "The Connie Christie Annual". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. "Connie Christie". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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