Zelma Roberts

Zelma Roberts (24 September 1915 – 1988) was a New Zealand-born writer who wrote several screenplays for T.O. McCreadie in the late 1940s. She studied at Victoria University College in Wellington.

After her husband Wilfred died in the war while serving in the New Zealand 2nd Division,^[1] she turned to writing. Her novel Always Another Dawn was bought by McCreadie and filmed in 1948.^[2]

Writings

• The Black Spider (1945) – novel
• The Corpse Wore Wax (1947) – novel
• Always Another Dawn (1948) – novel
• Always Another Dawn (1948) – screenplay
• Into the Straight (1949) – screenplay
• The Search for Power (1954) – radio script^[3]

References

1. Captain Wilfred Roberts – Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2. "Interesting People.". The Australian Women's Weekly (National Library of Australia). 26 April 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
3. "Today's Radio Programmes.". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 25 August 1954. p. 26. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

External links

• Zelma Roberts at the Internet Movie Database
• Zema Roberts at AustLit