Mary Agnes Byrne

Mary Agnes Byrne was an American author associated with early 20th-century children's fiction. Publicly available book records link her to works including Peggy-Alone, while period title pages for The Fairy Chaser also credit her with The Little Woman in the Spout, Roy and Rosyrocks, and Little Dame Trot.

Her best-known surviving title today appears to be Peggy-Alone, which is available through Project Gutenberg. The books connected with her name suggest a warm, storybook style centered on childhood, adventure, and everyday feelings, written for young readers of her time.

Biographical details about Byrne herself are harder to confirm than her book history. A FamilySearch record for a Mary Agnes Byrne born in New Jersey in 1881 and later known as Mary Tumulty may refer to the same person, but that identification is not certain enough to state as fact here.