Elsa Marston

{{Short description|American author (1933–2017)}}

{{infobox writer

|name=Elsa Marston

|birth_date={{birth date|1933|3|18}}

|death_date={{death date and age|2017|2|16|1933|3|18}}

|occupation=Author

|nationality=American

|education=University of Iowa (BA)
Harvard University (MA)

|genre=Children's literature

}}

Elsa Harik (née Marston), (March 18, 1933 – February 16, 2017){{cite news|author= |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/elsa-harik-obituary?pid=1000000184171641&view=guestbook |title=Elsa Marston Harik |newspaper=Legacy.com |date= 17 February 2017|accessdate=24 March 2017| author1=Admin }} known professionally as Elsa Marston, is an American author of children's books about the Middle East and North Africa. She died after completing her last book, "I Just Kept Walking."{{cite news|last1=Salian|first1=Priti|title=Elsa Marston talks about her books, all of which are about the Middle East and North Africa|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/books/elsa-marston-talks-about-her-books-all-of-which-are-about-the-middle-east-and-north-africa|accessdate=9 July 2016|work=The National|date=26 October 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Luann|title=Author Elsa Marston's "In Line"|url=http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/line/|accessdate=9 July 2016|work=WFIU|date=28 December 2008}}{{cite web|title=Elsa Marston|url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/elsa-marston|website=scholastic.com|publisher=Scholastic|accessdate=9 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ijustkeptwalking.org/ |title=Home |website=ijustkeptwalking.org}} She graduated from the University of Iowa (BA) and Harvard University (MA).