Annie Fellows Johnston (1863-1931) was an American author of children's fiction. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana. Johnston wrote the popular The Little Colonel series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel, many of the books were illustrated by photographer Kate Matthews. The series was her 13-book collection beginning with The Little Colonel (1895). Her other works include, Ole Mammy's Torment (1897), Two Little Knights of Kentucky (1899), The Story of Dago (1900), The Legend of the Bleeding-Heart (1907), The Rescue of the Princess Winsome (1908) and Georgina of the Rainbows (1916).