Ashford, Daisy (Margaret Mary Julia) (1881–1972)

English writer. The Young Visiters (1919), a novel of unconscious humour, was written when she was nine. Sponsored by the novelist and playwright J M Barrie, the book won instant success by its artless charm. It retained its popularity and became a juvenile classic.

She also wrote Where Love Lies Deepest (1920) and Love and Marriage (1965). All her published work was written by the time she was 15.