She attended Southland Girls' High School where she was dux, University of Otago in Dunedin where she studied English and Latin, graduating with an M.A., and Somerville College, Oxford where she gained a First in English language.
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Clare Mallory dedicated Juliet Overseas to Josephine Elder, author of what she described as 'the best school story I know'.
Twenty years later Clare Mallory, another leading exponent of the girls' school story, dedicated one of her own books, Juliet Overseas to Josephine Elder, describing her as "Author of the best girls' school story I know: Evelyn Finds Herself."
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