Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton

Born on December 28, 1875, and dying on December 31, 1944, she was an American author whose best-known work is the popular Betty Wales series of juvenile novels. Those books were published under the pseudonym Margaret Warde.

The series stood out for its cheerful picture of student life, following young women through friendships, campus routines, and growing independence. That focus helped make her work part of the wave of early fiction that opened up college life as an exciting setting for young readers.

Although biographical details that are easy to confirm are limited, her name continues to be closely linked with the Betty Wales stories and with the Margaret Warde byline under which many readers first knew her.