Published in London in 1934, Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success. Sequels followed (the last in 1988), as well as a collection of other novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction.
During World War II, she took up residence in Manhattan; and that was where Roy Disney first contacted her about selling the Mary Poppins character to the Disney studio for film use. After the war, she returned to England. However, in the early 70s, flush with more royalties from the Mary Poppins film, Travers spent about two years with the native American Hopi Indian reservations on some personal research and mission.
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