Christine Chaundler

Christine Chaundler (5 September 1887 – 15 December 1972) was a prolific English children's author, who also wrote stories for boys as Peter Martin.

[2][3] Apart from a brief period in the Land Army during the First World War, Chaundler worked in editorial jobs as she built her writing career.

[2] 1n 1910, Chaundler adapted Sleeping Beauty as a children's play that was performed at the Biggleswade Town Hall.

[5] She continued to write and became a prolific author of children's novels, for boys under her pseudonym "Peter Martin" and for girls under her own name.

A census of young girls conducted by the Western Mail in 1927 ranked Chaundler sixth among popular authors.