Mary Brunton (née Balfour) (1 November 1778 – 7 December 1818) wis a Scots novelist. Her novelles redefine femininity. Fay Weldon praised them as "rich in invention, ripe wi incident, shrewd in comment, an erotic in intention an fact."

Mary Brunton
Mary Brunton, frae the 2nt ed. o Emmeline (1820)
BornMary Balfour
1 November 1778(1778-11-01)
Dee'd7 December 1818(1818-12-07) (aged 40)
NaitionalityScots
Thriftnovelist