Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888 – 1923) was a New Zealand short story writer who wrote under the penname Katherine Mansfield. She left New Zealand at the age of 19 and settled in the United Kingdom where she gained the friendship of great writers such as 0.11. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. Bliss and The Garden Party were collections of short stories written by her. She wrote many poems and her collected letters were a great success.