Amelia Beers Warnock Garvin (August 13, 1874 – September 7, 1956), who wrote under the pen name Katherine Hale, was a Canadian poet, critic, and short story writer.

[2]: 65  She also studied at Glen Mawr day school in Toronto, before traveling to New York and Europe to train as an opera singer.

[2]: 65 Following her studies, Hale toured as a soprano recitalist and gave lectures on a variety of topics, including Canadian literature.

[3] Her work was well received and resulted in a position as Editor of Contemporary Literature with the Toronto newspaper The Mail and Empire.

Her first book of poetry, Grey Knitting and Other Poems, ran into four editions of a thousand each, before it had been on the market for six weeks.