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in 1944. A newspaper interview published in the
Coventry Evening Telegraph on 24 October 1978, recalls that her writings - poetry and children's stories - had already earned her some money, so she financed herself while helping her brother. Although initially working with Farnham in the main
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to Harold (Harry) and Ella St. John nee Swain, shortly after her parents' return from South
America (Carangola, Brazil) where they had worked as missionaries for some years. Her older brother, Farnham Allen Rees St. John, was born on 2 June 1918: he also used the name Farnham Allen Rees.
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St. John was known as one of the most prolific
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Maeyer, Jan de; Ewers, Hans-Heino; Ghesquière, Rita (2005).
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