Sally Benson (née Sara Smith; September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972) was an American writer of short stories, screenplays, and theatre.

Junior Miss, a collection of short stories focused on a young teen named Judy Graves and originally appearing in The New Yorker, was published by Random House in 1941.

In 1945, the play was adapted as the film Junior Miss with George Seaton directing Peggy Ann Garner in the lead role.

The Junior Miss radio series, which originally featured Shirley Temple but later starred Barbara Whiting, was broadcast on CBS in the 1940s and early ‘50s.

The stories in Sally Benson's book Meet Me in St. Louis were first written as short vignettes in a series titled 5135 Kensington, which The New Yorker published from June 14, 1941 to May 23, 1942.