Caroline Dale Snedeker née Parke (March 3, 1871 – January 22, 1956) was an American writer, primarily of children's historical novels.

[4] Parke grew up near Mount Vernon, Indiana, in a family with three sisters (Ada Owen, Anna Crawford, and Nina Dale) and a brother (Julius Leonard).

[1] Snedeker's writings consist of 12 or 13 novels for older children or teens and two or three books for adults, along with a handful of other articles, stories and poems.

[b] The best known is Downright Dencey, a 1928 Newbery Honor Book,[8] which tells of a friendship between a Quaker girl and a waif in Nantucket at the early 19th century.

Having a close relationship with her mother and grandmother led Snedeker to write Town of the Fearless (1931), about the history of her family and their relation with New Harmony.

Caroline Snedeker was exceptionally interested in history, literature and classical music, which is shown throughout her works.

Snedeker's two non-fiction books in the LC online catalog both carry the Library of Congress Subject Heading "New Harmony (Ind.)—History".