Mary Vaughan Jones (28 May 1918–April/May/June 1983) was a celebrated Welsh children's author and schoolteacher. She was born at 'Firs Cottage', Maenan near Llanrwst in 1918, and died in the Rhuddlan area, Clwyd in 1983. Jones authored approximately 20 books, contributing regularly to children's literature in Wales, and the magazines of the Urdd. During her career as a teacher she worked at: * (1940–1943) * (1943–1949) * (1949–1953) * Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth (1953–1958) * Lecturer at Bangor Normal College (1958–1972) An award was established to commemorate her literary contribution.