Mary Gould Davis

Mary Gould Davis (February 13, 1882 – April 15, 1956) was an American author, librarian, storyteller and editor.

She moved to Middlesboro, Kentucky, before relocating more permanently to New York City in 1896.

She was promoted to supervisor of storytelling in 1922, and held that position until her retirement from librarianship on New Year's Eve, 1944.

During and after her tenure as supervisor of storytelling, she published a number of books, mainly collections of stories for children.

Her first book was 1930's A Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Stories to Tell and to Read Aloud, and, perhaps her most lauded, Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy, was published in 1931 and received a Newbery Honor in 1932.