Mary Stanton (born 1947 in Winter Park, Florida) is an American author known for her eight-volume children's fantasy series Unicorns of Balinor.
She worked a number of jobs in Minnesota including a year as a nightclub singer, a medical examiner for Social Security, a claims adjuster and a Director of Volunteer Services at Hostings State Hospital.
In the mid-1970s, Mary Stanton left Minnesota for Rochester, New York to work for Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Companies.
She wrote non-fiction articles on horse care and veterinary medicine which appeared in national and regional magazines.
She wrote three scripts for the TV cartoon Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders, including the aired episode "Song of the Rainbow."