Frances Lester Warner

Frances Lester Warner (1888–1971) was an American writer and teacher with close ties to Mount Holyoke College. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1911, later helped edit A Mount Holyoke Book of Prose and Verse, and went on to write On a New England Campus, a 1937 book connected with the college's centennial year.

She published essays, sketches, and other prose from the 1910s into the 1940s. Her work appeared in The Atlantic, where pieces such as “Groups,” “A Family Matter,” and “To Be Loved When Old” were published, and she also wrote books including Groups and Couples, Pilgrim Trails, and Merry Christmas from Boston.

Warner's writing is often remembered for its easy charm and its affection for everyday people, domestic life, and New England settings. Some sources also describe her as an educator, but the clearest confirmed picture is of a versatile literary writer whose books and magazine work kept her connected to readers over several decades.