Kay Keavney (1921–1989) was an Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Arts at the

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. She went to work at the ABC, the youngest person and the first woman to be hired as a scriptwriter by that organisation. She resigned from the

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in 1945. In the late 1940s she wrote serials and plays for various networks and production companies and became one of the leading writers of Australian radio. She went to London to study writing TV drama at the BBC and wrote episodes of ''

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''. She won two

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for her journalism.

Select Credits

*''Mantle of Greatness'' (1948) (radio play) *'' A Tale of Christmas'' (1954) (television play) *''

'' (1955) (TV series) – writer of various episodes *'' Eye of the Night'' (1960) (television play) *''The Barber'' (1962) – novel *''The Nurse's Story'' (1962) (documentary) *''

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'' (1962) (TV mini series) *'' Prelude to Harvest'' (1963) (television play) *''The Nylon Trap'' (1963) radio serial *'' Skippy'' (1968–70) (TV series) – writer of various episodes

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at National Film and Sound Archive Australian writers 1921 births 1989 deaths Australian expatriates in England {{Australia-writer-stub