Dorothy Cameron Disney

Dorothy Cameron Disney MacKaye (November 13, 1903[1] – September 5, 1992) was an American mystery writer and journalist who was born in pre-statehood Oklahoma and died in Guilford, Connecticut.

[2] Under the Dorothy Cameron Disney byline (the name she also used in fiction writing) she was the creator of the modern marriage advice column.

[3] Her column, "Can This Marriage Be Saved", ran in Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years.

"[2] In an article for her publisher's 100th anniversary, she wrote that "He (or she) never listens" was "the single greatest pitfall" in marriage.

She began her writing career in 1929 with short stories and eventually wrote nine mystery novels,.