Miriam Young (died September 12, 1974)[1] was an American writer best known for children's books.
She also wrote Mother Wore Tights, a memoir about growing up in a vaudeville family, which was adapted as the 1947 film of the same name, a "Hollywood supermusical".
[1] Young was born in 1911 or 1912, her New York Times obituary implies.
[1] Other sources give year of birth 1913.
The Library of Congress gives date February 26, 1913.