Fanny Young Cory (October 17, 1877 – July 28, 1972) was a cartoonist and book illustrator best known for her comic strips Sonnysayings and Little Miss Muffet.

[4] Cory was 14 when she began to study under artist Mary C. Wheeler, the art supervisor of the Helena school system.

[3] Wanting to support herself and her ailing sister Agnes, Cory began selling her drawings.

[3] As her career blossomed, Cory did covers and interior illustrations for magazines including Century, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Scribner's, The Saturday Evening Post and St.

[2] Cory illustrated numerous books including a 1902 edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.

She illustrated L. Frank Baum's books The Master Key and The Enchanted Island of Yew.

Cory illustrated William L. Hill's Jackieboy in Rainbowland (Rand McNally & Company, 1911).

To relax, Cory began painting whimsical watercolors of fairies, flowers, birds, and other small animals.

Sonnysayings appeared in many newspapers throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and Scotland, under the name of Fanny Y.

[14] Her brothers, Jack and Bob, wanted to try their luck at gold mining, and they invited their sister to join them.

"[3] In 1904, Cory married Fred Cooney and moved to his ranch on the Missouri River near the community of Canyon Ferry.