"Dame Muriel Spark" ba kalma ba ce, sai dai daidaitaccen suna ne da ke nufin mutum. Muriel Spark mawallafin marubuci ne, mawaƙi, kuma marubuci ɗan ƙasar Scotland wanda ya rayu daga 1918 zuwa 2006. An fi saninta da littafinta mai suna "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" wanda aka daidaita shi zuwa wasan kwaikwayo da fim mai nasara. A cikin 1993, an ba Spark lambar yabo ta Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire saboda gudunmuwar da ta bayar ga adabi.