Rosalys Haskell Hall (March 27, 1914 – April 17, 2006) was an American author of children’s books.
Hall was seven times descended from Roger Williams and the great-grand niece of Maud Howe Elliott.
[1] She attended Ecole Sevigne, in Paris, France, New Jersey College for Women, and Ethical Culture Norman Training School.
Hall was a seller of children's books in New York at Doubleday Bookshop, from 1938-1944; and at Longman's, Green & Co. (now merged with David McKay Co., Inc., under McKay name) she worked as editor in Children's Book Department beginning in 1944.
[2] She was the fourth generation to write books beginning with Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".