Jane Werner Watson, born Elsa Jane Werner (July 11, 1915 – 2004) was an American children's author. She also wrote under the names Elsa Jane Werner Watson, Jane Werner, Annie North Bedford, Monica Hill, Elsa Ruth Nast, W. K. Jasner, and A. N. Bedford.

Jane Werner was born on July 11, 1915, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the daughter of Henry Charles Werner, a physician, and Elsa, née Nast. She earned a B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1936. She was one of the original editors of the Little Golden Books series, which were published by Western Publishing in conjunction with Simon and Schuster. She went on to write approximately 150 books in the Little Golden Books series.

In 1954 she married Earnest C. Watson, a Caltech physicist on sabbatical leave, at Tarbert in Scotland. Until his retirement from Caltech in 1959, the couple spent weekends and holidays in Santa Barbara. From 1960 to 1962 Earnest Watson worked as a science attaché to the United States Embassy in New Delhi. While they lived in New Delhi, the couple formed a large collection of Indian miniatures.

Papers are held at the University of Minnesota.