Punch magazine began publishing her stories when she was 21. While studying she joined the British University Women's Debating Team and was a member of the first team to compete in the United States. She then spent a year studying art at Westminster Art School. She read French at Bedford College, University of London. In 1914 she returned to Britain and studied at Streatham High School. She spent part of her childhood in Malta, a period she later drew on for her novel The Sun in Scorpio. Sharp was born in the district of Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire, England, although her family originated from northern Yorkshire. Her best-known work is The Rescuers series about a heroic mouse named Miss Bianca and her partner Bernard, which was later adapted into the animated feature film The Rescuers (1977) – and a sequel, The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – by Walt Disney Productions. Clara Margery Melita Sharp (25 January 1905 – 14 March 1991) was an English writer of 25 novels for adults, 14 children's novels, four plays, two mysteries, and numerous short stories.
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