Edith Newbold Jones Wharton marubuci Ba'amurke ne, marubuci gajere, kuma mai zane, an haife shi a ranar 24 ga Janairu, 1862, a birnin New York. An fi saninta da litattafan litattafanta kamar su "The House of Mirth," "Ethan Frome," da "The Age of Innocence," wanda ya lashe kyautar Pulitzer a 1921. Wharton kuma ya kasance fitaccen marubucin adabi a ƙarshen 19th da farkon farkon. Karni na 20 kuma ya kasance memba na Kwalejin Fasaha da Wasika ta Amurka.