Who was born in 1899 and wrote the book series "Mary Poppins"?
P. L. Travers Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBE ( ; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-born writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the "Mary Poppins" series of children's books, which feature the magical nanny Mary Poppins.
Mary Moore (author) Georgina Mary Moore (nee Galbraith, born 1930), is a British author, diplomat and administrator, the principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1980 to 1990. She has published several novels, radio and television plays under the pen name Helena Osborne.