Margaret Ryan (1944–2019) was a children's writer who lived in St. Andrews, Scotland. She was born and raised in the town of Paisley, Scotland. She went to the University of Glasgow, where she met her husband, John, at a dance. She and John had two grown-up children, Susie and Jonathan. She was the writer of the Airy Fairy books. She had a long career as a primary school teacher before becoming a full-time writer for children.[1] She shared her name with a young Welsh Baroness.
