Marija Jurić Zagorka (Negovec kraj Vrbovca,2.ožujka 1873. – Zagreb, 29.studenoga1957.), hrvatska književnica i novinarka. Bila je prva profesionalna novinarka i najčitanija hrvatska književnica. Jedno je vrijeme uređivala Obzor. Pokrenula je i uređivala Ženski list, prvi hrvatski časopis za žene, i Hrvaticu.Borila se protiv društvene diskriminacije, mađarizacije i germanizacije te za prava žena. Potpora u književnosti i novinarskom radu bio joj je Josip Juraj Strossmayer, koji je nagovara na pisanje romana. Pisala je romane namijenjene široj publici u kojima isprepliće ljubavne priče s elementima nacionalne povijesti. Neka su njezina prozna djela dramatizirana i ekranizirana.
Marija Jurić, pen-name Zagorka (March 2, 1873 – November 30, 1957) was a Croatianjournalist and writer. She was the first female journalist and among the most read writers in Croatia. None of her novels have been translated into English, but two are available in German: The Witch of Gric (1995) and Malleus Maleficarum(1972).The latter title is the same as that of the "textbook" published in 1488 about how to find the witches, though Zagorka's novel is a fictional tale, not a witch-hunting manual. 11 of her novels, published in Croatian, are found in the Library of Congress. She died in Zagreb at the age of 84. In a 2005 poll compiled by Vjesnik, a Zagreb daily newspaper, Zagorka came second in the list of most popular Croatian writers of all time.
