Mary Celeste Comegys Peardon (March 25, 1898 – December 29, 1988) was an American writer of books for children and classroom use.

[4][5] Her older sister Zelina Comegys Brunschwig was prominent in the interior design industry.

She worked on another film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica, Navajo Children, with her colleagues Arthur I.

[8] She was president of the Women's Faculty Club at Teachers College, Columbia University,[9] and spoke at educational meetings.

[11][12] Comegys married Canadian-born professor and college administrator Thomas Preston Peardon in 1926.