Sarah Lindsay Schmidt (August 24, 1877 – January 31, 1965) was an American writer of children's literature.
Lindsay attended the University of Chicago, and began writing stories for children after graduation.
The couple spent a few years farming, but Sarah returned to teaching in 1914, at the Whitewater Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater).
She continued her employment at CSU until 1935, when she ceased teaching in order to focus on her writing.
[3][4][5] Schmidt suffered a serious fall in the autumn of 1961, and never regained full health.