Kay Keavney (1921–1989) was an Australian writer. [1]
She was born in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. 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 ABC in 1945. [2]
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. [3]
She went to London to study writing TV drama at the BBC and wrote episodes of The Adventures of Long John Silver. [4] She won two Walkley Awards for her journalism.
Kay Keavney (1921–1989) was an Australian writer. [1]
She was born in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. 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 ABC in 1945. [2]
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. [3]
She went to London to study writing TV drama at the BBC and wrote episodes of The Adventures of Long John Silver. [4] She won two Walkley Awards for her journalism.