Mary Vaughan Jones was a celebrated Welsh children's author and schoolteacher.

She was born at 'Firs Cottage', Maenan

Maenan

Maenan is a rural community in Conwy, Wales, located approximately 4 miles to the north of Llanrwst and 3 miles to the south of the village of Eglwysbach. The population of the area is approximately 300 people, and more than 75% of the population are Welsh speakers. Maenan shares a community...

 near Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, and the original parish church in Cae Llan was replaced by the 12th-century church....

 in 1918, and died in the Rhuddlan

Rhuddlan

Rhuddlan is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire , in north Wales. It is situated to the south of the coastal town of Rhyl and overlooks the River Clwyd. The town gave its name to the Welsh district of Rhuddlan from 1974 to 1996...

 area, Clwyd

Clwyd

Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of...

 in 1983.

Jones authored approximately 20 books, contributing regularly to children's literature in Wales, and the magazines of the Urdd

Urdd Gobaith Cymru

dde|200px|thumb|The Urdd logoUrdd Gobaith Cymru, literally, the Welsh League of Hope, but normally translated as the Welsh League of Youth, or merely referred to as the Urdd, is a Welsh-medium youth movement with over 1,500 branches and over 50,000 members...

.

Many of her books have been re-published by Gymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion

Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion

Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion was a Welsh publisher, established in 1954, specialising in books of interest to Ceredigion, and Welsh language children's books, including adaptations and original works...

. Many new books are based on her characters, for example: Sali Mali a'r Ceffyl Gwyllt, Dylan Williams, 2006. Various children's television programmes and merchandise connected to her characters have also been produced by S4C

S4C

S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...

. The original illustrations in her books were the work of Rowena Wyn Jones and later, Jac Jones

Jac Jones

Jac Jones is a Welsh children's book illustrator.He was born in Gwalchmai, Anglesey and raised in Bristol until the age of 7, before returning to Gwalchmai. He was educated at Ysgol Gynradd Gwalchmai and Ysgol Uwchradd Llangefni....

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During her career as a teacher she worked at:

• Ysgol Gynradd Cwm Penanner (1940–1943)
• Ysgol Lluest Aberystwyth (1943–1949)
• Ysgol Baratoad Aber-mad (1949–1953)
• Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth
  Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth
  Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth is a Welsh language primary school in the university town of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales. It was established as a private school in 1939 by Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards and was originally named Ysgol Gymraeg yr Urdd...
  
   (1953–1958)
• Lecturer at Coleg Normal, Bangor (1958–1972)

An award

Mary Vaughan Jones Award

The Mary Vaughan Jones Award is a Welsh children's literature award. The Mary Vaughan Jones Trophy is awarded every three years to an author who has made a substantial contribution to children's literature over a number of years...

was established to commemorate her literary contribution.