author
M. J. C. (Mary J. C.) Fulton
A little-known Australian children's writer, remembered today for the whimsical tale No-Time-Land, a story that mixes fairy-tale fantasy with a gentle moral lesson. Her work has the warm, direct voice of someone writing especially for young readers at the turn of the twentieth century.
1 Audiobook
No-Time-Land: A Story for Girls and Boys
by M. J. C. (Mary J. C.) Fulton
About the author
Very little biographical information about Mary J. C. Fulton seems to survive in widely available sources. She is listed by Project Gutenberg as M. J. C. (Mary J. C.) Fulton, and Australian literary database AustLit records her as the author of No-Time-Land.
No-Time-Land: A Story for Girls and Boys was published in Tasmania in 1901, with editions linked to Leith and to Launceston printing. In the book's dedication, she signs herself "MARY J. C. FULTON" and writes affectionately to her "dear little Nephews, Nieces, and other little boys and girls," which gives the story a personal, kindly tone.
Her surviving reputation rests mainly on that one children's book, in which a boy is carried into the chaotic "No-Time-Land" after refusing to make time for his little sister. Even from this small record, Fulton comes across as a writer interested in imagination, family feeling, and the small lessons of everyday life.