Margaret Ayer

* Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts * Private art instruction in Paris and Rome

| occupation = * Writer * Illustrator

| organizations = * Asia Society * Society of Illustrators * Women's National Book Association * Artists Guild of New York

| parents = * Ira Ayer * Louise Foster Ayer

| spouse = Alfred Babbington Smith | children = | awards = | footnotes = }}

Margaret Ayer (d. 1981) was an American author and self-illustrator of six books for children. She also illustrated 52 books, including ''Anna and the King of Siam'', written by other authors. In addition, she contributed short stories and articles to children's magazines. Provided by Wikipedia