Dorothy Wall

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. Provided by Wikipedia