Marion Lena Starkey (April 13, 1901, in Worcester, Massachusetts — December 18, 1991 in Saugus, Massachusetts) is the author of a number of history books. After working as a newspaper editor for the Saugus Herald and an English professor, she became a full-time writer. She began writing as a child, but did not take up writing full-time for many years. Her books include: The Tall Man from Boston, Witchcraft in Salem Village, Cherokee Nation, A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials, Land Where Our Fathers Died, Striving to Make It My Home, Congregational Way and A History of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1607-1887.

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