Mabel Leigh Hunt (November 1, 1892 – September 3, 1971) was an American writer of children's books. Hunt was born in Coatesville, Indiana, to Quaker parents. She was raised in Greencastle and, from age ten until her physician father died, in Plainfield (a center of Indiana Quaker activity). She and her mother then lived in Indianapolis. She died September 3, 1971.