Born in 1886 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as Jessie Muriel Goggin, Muriel Denison was a Canadian children's author, best known for her series of four books about the adventures of a little girl named Susannah. She was educated at Havergal College, Edgehill School, and at the Royal Conservatory of Music, in Toronto. She married author and playwright Merrill Denison in 1926. In addition to her children's books, Denison published articles under the name 'Frances Newton,' in such publications as This Week, Reader's Digest, and McCall's. She died in 1954.