Timms, Edward Vivian, 1895-1960
Variant namesEdward Vivian Timms was born on 7 April 1895 at Charters Tower in Queensland. He was educated in Sydney and served in World War I, taking part in the landing at Gallipoli. Invalided home, he married in 1916 and began to write with his wife's encouragement. He published his first novel, 'The Hills of Hate', in 1925. In addition to twenty-two novels, Timms wrote many short stories and innumerable plays, serials, scripts and adaptations of novels for the cinema and radio. In World War II, he served at Cowra internment camp. He died on 14 June 1960.
From the description of Papers, 1911-1976 [manuscript] 1911-1976. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62537749
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