Dymphna Cusack

Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981) was an Australian writer and playwright whose novels and plays have been translated in thirty-four countries. With Miles Franklin, she co-wrote Pioneers on Parade (1939) and with Florence James, Come In Spinner (1951), which was later turned into a television series by the ABC. A passionate advocate for social reform, Cusack was a member of the Communist Party and a founding member of the Australia Society of Authors.