Ardyth Matilda Kennelly (April 15, 1912 – January 19, 2005) was an American novelist, with five novels published between 1949 and 1956 and one published posthumously, in 2014. Kennelly was born in Glenada, Oregon, and moved between Oregon and Utah throughout her childhood. She attended Albany High School, where she graduated in 1929. After high school, she attended Oregon State College for three years, but she did not graduate. Before her career as an author, Kennelly wrote stories for The Manuscript while she attended Oregon State College, the Improvement Era, and pulp magazines. As an author, Kennelly wrote five novels that were published during her lifetime: The Peaceable Kingdom, The Spur, Good Morning Young Lady, Up Home, and Marry Me, Carry Me. Her final novel, Variation West, was pu