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Does Paul Jennings have a family?
Personal life. Jennings first married aged 22. He has six children, and is a great-grandfather. His third wife is comedian Mary-Anne Fahey.
Who is Paul Jennings for kids?
Paul Jennings is Australia’s most successful writer of children’s books. Over three million copies of his books have been sold in Australia alone. As a child Paul loved reading and dreamt of being a writer. When he was 16 he sent a story he had written to the Woman’s Weekly hoping it would be published.
What is Paul Jennings full name?
Paul Arthur Jennings
Paul Jennings was born on April 30, 1943 in Heston, London, England as Paul Arthur Jennings. He is a writer and actor, known for Round the Twist (1989), Wicked!
How old was Paul Jennings when he migrated to Australia?
six years old
Paul Jennings migrated to Australia when he was six years old. His family were ‘ten-pound poms’ about to embark on a five-week boat journey when, at the last minute, his grandmother decided not to go.
Who are Paul Jennings parents?
Jennings’ father, Arthur, lost his own mother when he was 11; his mother, Phyllis, lost hers when she was 13. “All my father wanted was his wife. He didn’t want a rival, he didn’t want to share the woman in his life with another male, even a little boy.
Where did Paul Jennings go to school?
Monash University Clayton Campus1978
Bentleigh West Primary SchoolCaulfield Grammar School
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Where does Paul Jenning live?
Paul Jennings is one of Australia’s leading authors of children’s books. Don visited Paul at his stunning new cliff top home near Warrnambool, almost 4 hours by car from Melbourne.
What is Paul Jennings writing style?
A lot of Jennings’ stories are bookended. He loves the story-within-a-story structure. To use the terms of narratology, Jennings makes use of two diegetic levels — diegetic and metadiegetic. This conjures the ambience of a ‘storyteller around a campfire’.