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Margaret Penrose
Behind this byline was a lively corner of early 20th-century children’s fiction, packed with school adventures, road trips, and upbeat heroines. The name was used for several popular girls’ series created through the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
28 Audiobooks
The radio girls of Roselawn : or, A strange message from the air
by Margaret Penrose
The campfire girls of Roselawn : or, A strange message from the air
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale's Camping Days
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale to the rescue
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls on Waters Blue; Or, the Strange Cruise of the Tartar
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake; Or, the Hermit of Fern Island
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls on a Tour
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale in the City
by Margaret Penrose
The Campfire Girls on Station Island; Or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls on the Coast; or, The Waif From the Sea
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay; or, The Secret of the Red Oar
by Margaret Penrose
The Radio Girls on the program : or, Singing and reciting at the sending station
by Margaret Penrose
The Radio Girls on Station Island: The wireless from the steam yacht
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale's engagement
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise; Or, The Cave in the Mountains
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale: A Girl of To-Day
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale's Promise
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale and Her Chums
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls in the Mountains; or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School
by Margaret Penrose
The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach; Or, In Quest of the Runaways
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale's Great Secret
by Margaret Penrose
The Radio Girls at Forest Lodge; or, The Strange Hut in the Swamp
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale in the West
by Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale's School Rivals
by Margaret Penrose
About the author
Margaret Penrose was not a single writer but a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the book-packaging company behind many classic American juvenile series. Under this name, books were published by Cupples & Leon for readers who loved fast-moving stories about capable, adventurous girls.
The name is associated with three main series: Dorothy Dale (published from 1908 to 1924), The Motor Girls (1910 to 1917), and The Radio Girls (1922 to 1924). Some later reprints of the Radio Girls books were retitled as Camp Fire Girls books.
Sources about the pseudonym note that the Dorothy Dale books were ghostwritten by several writers, with Lilian Garis identified as the principal author for much of the series. That makes Margaret Penrose an interesting example of how early popular series fiction was produced: not as the work of one public literary figure, but as a shared storytelling identity built to give young readers a dependable kind of fun.