Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

Mary F. Nixon-Roulet was an American author who wrote for children and Christian readers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is sometimes listed as Mary F. Nixon de Roulet, and sources describe her as the author of biographies of Catholic saints as well as books that introduced young readers to different countries, customs, and ways of life.

Born Mary Flora Nixon in Indianapolis in 1866, she published widely and built a body of work that blends storytelling with education and faith. Her writing was promoted in both Catholic and Presbyterian publications, which suggests she reached a broad religious readership for her time.

She died in 1930. Though not as widely remembered as some of her contemporaries, her books still reflect a distinct strand of American children's and religious publishing from that era.