Marian Kent Hurd McNeely (July 26, 1877 – December 8, 1930) was an American children's book author.
Marian Kent Hurd was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1877.
For two years, they homesteaded at Rosebud Indian Reservation, which became the inspiration for The Jumping-Off Place.
[1] Apart from her books, McNeely wrote short stories and poems which appeared in publications such as St. Nicholas Magazine, Literary Digest, Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Review of Literature.
A Ballade of Losers, was a humorous poem about being an also-ran for the Newbery Medal.