Dare wondered if she was only human-like, as the faeries of her childhood, incapable of having an adult relationship or indeed growing up. She found a kindred spirit in the fairytale stories of her childhood, seeing herself in the ethereal spirits of the books.

For the rest of her life, Dare wondered what he meant. Philip died in a plane crash three years later. She found steady work in New York as a model.ĭare was engaged to a man named Philip but he broke off the engagement in 1948, claiming that Dare was not a ‘real woman’. The shy, timid performer appeared cool and alluring as a model. She landed small roles on Broadway but she was never comfortable performing in public.īut it was the shyness that prevented her from performing in public that worked wonders for her modelling career. Her charisma was limitless and, as such, she appeared a natural fit for the world of show business. When she moved to New York, she converted a closet in her apartment into a dark room.ĭare was beautiful and often turned heads. Dare learnt to sketch, paint, write and sew. She showed creative aptitude early in life, encouraged by her mother. She worked as a child actor and model for fashion magazines before becoming a photographer. She was to inspire Dare’s creative streak… Her parents separated when she was young, so Dare was raised by her mother, Edith, who was a portrait artist. She spent her childhood in America, growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. The Kindred Spirit of the Fairytale Stories of Youthĭare Wright was born on December 3 rd, 1914, in Vaughan, Ontario. This is the story of a brilliant children’s author who defied the odds to create a new genre and in doing so, produced a work of art that spoke to children in their terms for the very first time in children’s literature… This is a life that started with Dare’s overbearing mother encouraging Dare to take up a life of creativeness, flourished on the pages of a brutally honest portrayal of Dare’s lonely yet wonderful existence, and culminated in her status as a cult legend. This is Dare Wright, someone who lived life in childlike wonder and flittered through each day living as the fairytale characters she so cherished as a child. The beautiful, ethereal author and photographer of a children’s book series now regarded as one of, if not the greatest, series of best-selling children’s books ever produced.

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