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Anthea Hodgson is an Australian author and former radio producer. She has published three novels, including The Drifter, The Cowgirl, and The War Nurses. Her most recent work, The War Nurses, honours the 65 nurses of the Vyner Brooke and the victims of the Bangka Island Massacre, including her great-aunt Minnie Hodgson.

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