Eric Philbrook Kelly (1884-1960) was an American author of books for young readers, whose book, The Trumpeter of Krakow, won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 1929. He lived in New Hampshire, where he was a professor of English at Dartmouth College.

Books:

• The Trumpeter of Krakow (1928)
• Three Sides of Agiochook (1935)
• From Star to Star (1944)
• The Hand in the Picture (1947)
• The Amazing Journey of David Ingram (1949)