Lilian Whiting (October 3, 1847 – April 30, 1942) was an American journalist, editor, and author of poetry and short stories.

William Whiting, the first Unitarian minister of Concord, Massachusetts, in the early part of the 17th century.

For some time, the parents served as principals of the public schools in Tiskilwa, Illinois, a village near their farm.

Subsequently, the father became the editor of the Bureau County Republican, published in Princeton, Illinois.

She inherited from her mother much of the temperament of the mystic and the visionary, and her bent was always toward books and the world of thought.

To her writing on the art exhibitions and studio work in Boston and New York City, she added various miscellaneous contributions.

She was the author of The World Beautiful, 3 volumes, 1st, 2d, and 3d series; From Dreamland Sent (poems); After Her Death; The Story of a Summer; A Study of the Life and Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Kate Field—a Record; The Spiritual Significance, 1900; The World Beautiful in Books, 1901; Boston Days, 1902; The Life Radiant, 1903; The Florence of Landor, 1900; The Outlook Beautiful, 1905; The Joy that no Man taketh from You, 1905; The Land of Enchantment, 1906; From Dream to Vision of Life, 1906; Italy, the Magic Land, 1907.