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Ivan Southall
Ivan Francis Southall AM, DFC (8 June 192115 November 2008) was an Australian writer best known for young-adult fiction.〔 He wrote more than 30 children's books, six novels books for adults, and at least ten works of history, biography or other non-fiction.〔
==Early life==
Ivan Southall was born in Melbourne, Victoria. His father died when Ivan was 14, and he and his brother Gordon were raised by their mother. He went to Mont Albert Central School (where he wrote the first of his ''Simon Black'' stories) and later Box Hill Grammar, but was forced to leave school early, and became an apprentice process engraver. He joined the Royal Air Force in Britain, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in sinking a German U-boat in the Bay of Biscay in 1944. He returned to Australia with his English bride, Joy Blackburn. Their youngest daughter was born with Down syndrome.
He tried his hand at farming at Monbulk, but the attempt foundered. His only option was to become a full-time writer.
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