Mary Ryllis Clark

Mary Ryllis Clark is a writer and historian. The author of several books, she also wrote a fortnightly column for The Age, 'Historic Victoria', from 1992 to 2005. Mary migrated from London to Australia in 1974, lives in a historic fatory in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy and enjoys her city's rich and diverse cultural life. Her most recent book is Living With Schizophrenia (Monash University Publishing, 2025), which explores the myths and mistruths around schizophrenia.