Dorothy Violet Ellen Edwards (née Brown; 6 November 1914 – 8 August 1982) was a children's writer from England best known for her My Naughty Little Sister book series and novel The Witches and the Grinnygog (1981).
[7] Edwards' most famous stories are of My Naughty Little Sister, which she conceived to keep her daughter, Jane, quiet whilst on a family holiday in 1950.
She wrote five books of these stories, which were illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
She also edited several anthologies of short stories, folklore and poetry for children, chiefly on the subjects of magic, witchcraft and ghosts.
Edwards helped to devise the radio show Listen with Mother on which her Naughty Little Sister books were broadcast from 1950,[8] and she also wrote for Playschool and Jackanory.