- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE6267
Fullarton, Nancy Edith (Nan)
(1913 – 2000)- Born 15 July, 1913, Temora New South Wales Australia
- Died 31 December, 2000, LondonLondon United Kingdom
- Occupation Artist, Author, Costume designer, Illustrator
Summary
Nancy Edith Fullarton was born in Temora, New South Wales, in 1913, to parents John and Lilian Fullarton. She attended Sydney Girls’ High School and later Sydney Technical College as an art student. After her studies, Nancy worked as an artist in Sydney before turning to a career as a writer and illustrator of children’s books. Her first book, The Alphabet from A to Z, sold 50,000 copies.
In addition to children’s books, Nancy also produced comic strips. In 1948 her comic strip Frisky was published in a three-month trial in the Sydney Morning Herald and afterwards it became a permanent feature in the comic strip supplement of the Sunday Herald. Nancy also wrote and illustrated a comic-strip version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories.
Nancy moved to London with her daughter Christina in 1955 and there she continued producing comic strips. During her retirement, Nancy worked on programs and publicity and designed costumes for the London Ballet Theatre.