found: Wikipedia, february 17, 2016(Kathleen Fidler (Kathleen Annie Fidler Goldie) was a prolific author of children's books, born on 10 August 1899 in Coalville, Leicestershire. She was raised in Wigan and North Wales, where she became a teacher and later school headmistress. She married in 1930 and moved to Edinburgh shortly afterwards, where she began writing stories for her children, finally settling in Lasswade in Midlothian. During the course of her career, she wrote over 80 novels and non-fiction books for children. Fidler died in 1980)
