Blanca Santa Cruz y Ossa (c. 1886 – 1969[1]) was a Chilean writer and editor of children's and young adult literature, with a special focus on intercultural literature, writing and compiling stories related to Chilean and international legends and myths.
[2][3][4] The daughter of Senator Joaquín Santa Cruz Vargas [es] and Carmela Ossa y Ossa, she studied at the School of the Sacred Heart (English nuns) in Santiago.
Beginning in the 1930s, children's literature became prominent in Chile,[5] and Blanca Santa Cruz y Ossa reached her most prolific stage of literary production during that decade.
In 1929 she began creating compilations of myths and legends of Chile and diverse places around the world.
Her sister was Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa, editor of El Peneca [es].