Margaret Dawn Paice (1 September 1920 – 19 November 2016) was an Australian children's writer, commercial artist and book illustrator.
[11][12] Colour in the Creek was a ten-episode television series adapted from Paice's novel of the same name and Shadow of Wings.
In 1978 she was interviewed by Hazel de Berg for the National Library of Australia's oral history collection.
[16] Her papers, including letters and original artwork, are held by the State Library of New South Wales.
[17][18] Margaret Paice died in Ipswich, Queensland on 19 November 2016, at the age of 96.