Winifred Cawley nee Cozens (24 January 1915 – 8 May 2001) was an English teacher and author of children's books.
[3][a] Winifred was the daughter of servants in Felton, Northumberland, went to school in nearby Wallsend-on-Tyne, and continued at Newcastle University on scholarship for English studies.
She began study for a master's degree in Restoration drama but dropped out when she married Arthur Clare Cawley.
She pursued a teaching career wherever he worked for the British Council: Romania, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Sheffield, Brisbane, Leeds.
[1] In Brisbane, Australia, she wrote her first novel, Down The Long Stairs (1964), which she mailed to Oxford University Press.