Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English writer and poet who lived from 1893 - 1978.

Her novels include Lolly Willowes, Summer Will Show, The Corner That Held Them, Mr Fortune's Maggot, The Flint Anchor and After The Death of Don Juan.

She also wrote many short stories, including a sequence set in the supernatural Kingdoms of Elfin, and a biography of novelist T.H. White.