Mary Lyn Ray (born 1946) is an American author of children's literature, a conservationist, and a historic preservationist.
[1] The New York Times likened her 2014 book Go to Sleep, Little Farm to Goodnight Moon.
[2] Mary Lyn Ray was born in 1946 in Monroe, Louisiana and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas.
[4] For instance, Ray was inspired to write the book Pumpkins when her sister jokingly suggested that she plant pumpkins on her property to sell, and her book Alvah and Arvilla was inspired by the wedding of two of her neighbors, who ran a dairy farm.
Go to Sleep, Little Farm and her 2015 book Goodnight, Good Dog received Charlotte Zolotow Award commendations.