Betsy Byars (née Cromer; August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020) was an American author of children's books.
[4] Due to the popularity of her books with children, she was listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.
She attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, from 1946 to 1948, before transferring to Queens College in Charlotte, where she graduated in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in English.
Her work was eventually featured in The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Everywoman's Magazine, and TV Guide.
[5][6] Betsy and Ed Byars are both licensed aircraft pilots and lived on an airstrip in Seneca, South Carolina, the bottom floor of their house being a hangar.