Margaret Pedler (1877 - 1948) was a British novelist, who wrote popular works of romantic fiction. Initially Pedler studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music, and published several songs for which she wrote both the music and lyrics. Over her career as a best-selling writer, from 1917 to 1947, she produced 28 novels. Her works include: The Splendid Folly (1917), The House of Dreams-Come-True (1919), The Lamp of Fate (1921), Yesterday's Harvest (1926), Bitter Heritage (1928), The Guarded Halo (1929), The Greater Courage (1933), Flame in the Wind (1937), Blind Loyalty (1940), Not Heaven Itself (1941), Then Came the Test (1942), No Gifts from Chance (1944), and Unless Two Be Agreed (1947).