Marjorie Allee (née Hill; born June 2, 1890, in Carthage, Indiana – died April 30, 1945, in Chicago)[1] was an American author.
[1] Throughout his career, she would assist Allee in the preparation of his scientific publications, occasionally serving as co-author.
[3]: 9 Other, similarly themed books by Allee were Jane's Island (1931), a novel about scientific exploration at Woods Hole, Massachusetts which was a Newbery Honor book, and Ann's Surprising Summer (1933), a novel about biologists working to preserve the dune country of northern Indiana.
[1] Allee wrote six historical novels about Quaker families confronting the changes of mid-19th century America.
More contemporary works by Allen include The Great Tradition (1937), a novel about women studying in a biology laboratory at the University of Chicago which was a serious contrast with the frivolous activities usually depicted in college novels, and The House (1944), a work about relationships between people of different ages, races, and social backgrounds which received the Children's Book Award (now the Josette Frank Award) from the Child Study Association of America.