Carol Elizabeth Fenner (1929-2002) was an American children's book writer. Fenner's book Gorilla Gorilla won a Christopher Award and The Skates of Uncle Richard a Coretta Scott King Honor. In addition, she won a Newbery Honor in 1996 for Yolonda's Genius. Anna Sewell, an English Quaker, (1820-1878), wrote only one novel in her lifetime, Black Beauty.