Barbara Giles

Barbara Giles was born in Manchester, England, and moved to Australia in 1923. She has been a poet, teacher, author, editor and reviewer for the Australian Book Review. She edited the magazine Luna for eight years and was a founding member of Pariah Press Co-operative. She has published several books of poetry, written novels for children and compiled anthologies of verse." (Sources: The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets, AustLit page on Barbara Giles)