Margaret Penrose

Margaret Penrose was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate as the author of three girls' book series published by Cupples & Leon. ^[1]

The name Margaret Penrose was used for:

• The Dorothy Dale series – 1908 to 1924, 13 volumes ^[2]
• The Motor Girls series – 1910 to 1917, 10 volumes ^[2]
• The Radio Girls series – 1922 to 1924, 4 volumes ^[2]
• Camp Fire Girls books – renamed reprints of The Radio Girls series, 4 volumes ^[3]

The Dorothy Dale series was ghostwritten by the following authors: Lilian Garis volumes 1 – 8, 11; W. Bert Foster volumes 9, 10, 12; and Elizabeth Duffield Ward volume 13. ^[1]

References

1. James Keeline, Margaret Penrose article
2. John Axe, All About Collecting Girl’s Series Books, pages 14 - 15, Hobby House Press, 2002
3. Diane McClure Jone & Rosemary Jones, Encyclopedia of Collectible Children's Books, page 293, Collector Books, 2008

External links

• Works by Margaret Penrose at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Margaret Penrose at the Internet Archive
• Works by Margaret Penrose at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

• Children's literature portal