Marjorie Torrey Chanslor (née Hood; November 10, 1888/1891[1] – September 1, 1964)[2] was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.
She was a runner-up for the annual American Library Association Caldecott Medal for children's picture book illustration, in both 1946 and 1947; Opal Wheeler wrote both books, Sing Mother Goose and Sing in Praise).
He had previously been married to Anna Fessenden Bradley (1877–1920) from around 1899 to around 1905; they had a son, Thomas Torre Bevans (1912–2003),) who renewed copyright to several of Torrey's books in the 1970s.
Thomas Torre Bevans was married to Margaret Van Doren, also a writer and illustrator.
[5] In April 1935, she was fined $1,450 (equivalent to $32,000 in 2023) for throwing a cocktail at screenwriter Lon Young at a New Year's Eve party at the Cafe Trocadero nightclub in Los Angeles.