Georgene Faulknerwas a prominent American children's book author and storyteller of the early twentieth century. In her career, she was known and promoted as "the Story Lady." Over the space of four decades she wrote or edited a range of children's books. Several of her works were illustrated by Frederick Richardson. In the final phase of her career she addressed the problem of racial prejudice, in the books Melindy's Medal (with John Becker, 1945) and Melindy's Happy Summer (1949).