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'''Margaret Penrose''' was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate as the author of three girls' book series published by Cupples & Leon.<ref name= "Keeline">[https://stratemeyer.org/margaret-penrose/ James Keeline, Margaret Penrose article]</ref>

The name Margaret Penrose was used for: * The Dorothy Dale series – 1908 to 1924, 13 volumes<ref name= "Axe">John Axe, ''All About Collecting Girl’s Series Books'', pages 14 - 15, Hobby House Press, 2002</ref> * The Motor Girls series – 1910 to 1917, 10 volumes<ref name= "Axe"/> * The Radio Girls series – 1922 to 1924, 4 volumes<ref name= "Axe"/> * Camp Fire Girls books – renamed reprints of ''The Radio Girls'' series, 4 volumes<ref>Diane McClure Jone & Rosemary Jones, ''Encyclopedia of Collectible Children's Books'', page 293, Collector Books, 2008</ref>

The Dorothy Dale series was ghostwritten by the following authors: Lilian Garis volumes 1 – 8, 11; W. Bert Foster volumes 9, 10, 12; and Elizabeth Duffield Ward volume 13.<ref name= "Keeline"/>

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==External links== * {{Gutenberg author |id=1022}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Margaret Penrose}} * {{Librivox author |id=9846}}

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