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Author description has wrong nationality

1avatiakh
Apr 16, 12:35 am

Author Ruth Paul was born in and lives in New Zealand. The 'About the Author' says she's Australian but she's not. Not sure how this is edited.
https://www.librarything.com/author/paulruth

2timspalding
Apr 16, 12:59 am

Thanks for the note. This isn't our data, but I can--in theory--tell Bowker about the problem. They're the author of the bio. Do you have a definitive refutation of it?

3avatiakh
Apr 16, 2:05 am

She has a wikipedia page which doesn't quite mention where she was born, but she's always lived in Wellington region, New Zealand. I've checked various sites and there's no mention of Australia.
I can contact her publisher and ask for some form of refutation.
I see that my Auckland Libraries has the same Bowker Author Biography too.

6avatiakh
Apr 16, 4:37 am

>5 Aquila: That's great, I hadn't come across the Scholastic one. I contacted Ruth through her website earlier and am awaiting her reply.
Probably she should deal with this herself through her agent or publisher.

7timspalding
Apr 16, 10:18 am

>6 avatiakh:

While author bios often come from the publisher, I think this is a base where Bowker wrote the bio. I'm not promising I can get it fixed, but I know the people in charge of the content.

8avatiakh
Apr 16, 9:48 pm

>7 timspalding: I've now had email contact with Ruth and she asks how it can be fixed. She can be contacted direct through her website which is probably the best way for you to get the definitive refutation.
Just checked and her own local Wellington Libraries uses the Bowker bio which makes me see red. She's such a lovely person, I really want this Bowker issue to be fixed.

https://ruthpaul.co.nz/about-ruth-paul/

9timspalding
Apr 17, 12:05 am

Okay, so you have an email for her asking for it to be fixed? If so, forward it to me. No promises, but I'll do waht I can.

10avatiakh
Apr 17, 4:19 am

Done

11avatiakh
May 26, 10:09 pm

Have now noticed that New Zealand's David Hill has an incorrect Bowker bio.
https://www.librarything.com/a/5202041
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hill_(author)