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Carley Dawson
A writer, translator, and spiritual teacher, she is best remembered for the imaginative children’s fantasy Mr. Wicker’s Window. Her life seems to have crossed literature, music, and religious work in a way that gives her books an unusual, old-world charm.
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Mr. Wicker's Window
by Carley Dawson
About the author
Carley Dawson was an American author born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1909. Reliable library and archive records identify her more fully as Carley Robinson Dawson and describe her as the daughter of composer Avery Robinson and Grace Chess Robinson, founder of the Mary Chess cosmetics business.
Archive and catalog sources describe her as the author of books for children and adults, as well as a French translator and an ordained minister in the Divine Science tradition. She is most closely associated with Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952), a fantasy novel for younger readers, and with The Sign of the Seven Seas, which continues that adventurous, magical world.
She died in 2005 at the age of 95. Even from the limited surviving biographical record, Dawson stands out as a multi-talented figure whose work connected storytelling, spirituality, and a wide literary life.