Winifred Foley was born on July 25, 1914 in Brierley, Gloucestershire, England as Winifred Mary Mason. She was a writer, known for Child in the Forest (1976), Abide with Me (1976) and Child in the Forest (2001). She was married to Syd Foley. She died on March 21, 2009 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.