Florence Engel Randall (October 18, 1917 – September 4, 1997) was an American author. Over the course of her career, Randall authored five novels and penned more than one hundred short stories. She is most notably recognized for her novel A Watcher in the Woods (1976), a work that inspired a 1980 Disney film adaptation and a 2017 remake for Lifetime Television. Source: Wikipedia (en)