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Biography: Summers, Ethel Snelson

Essie Summers discussing her work as an author

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Hear Essie Summers interviewed in October 1979 about her early years as an author, her working methods, and the origins of her plot inspiration. She researches assiduously, and favours drapery shop settings. (5 min 15 sec)

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Reference: T5631

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Rachel McAlpine. 'Summers, Ethel Snelson', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/74/essie-summers-discussing-her-work-as-an-author (accessed 21 June 2026).