Margery Williams

Margery Williams Bianco (22 July 1881 – 4 September 1944) was an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of the classic that is her best-known work, ''The Velveteen Rabbit''. She received the Newbery Honor for ''Winterbound''. Provided by Wikipedia