Rudyard Kipling - English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865-1936 Rudyard Kipling The works of Rudyard Kipling, who in 1907 became the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, have left a mixed legacy: Kipling is recog­nized for his extraordinary ear for language, his precise use of

English-born American writer and play­wright, 1849-1924 Frances Hodgson Burnett Although now best known for her children’s novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), Sara Crewe (1888), and The Secret Garden (1911), Frances Hodgson Burnett first established herself as a late Victo­rian novelist and playwright for adults. A hardworking and prolific writer known

Edward Ardizzone - British author and illustrator, 1900-1979 Edward Ardizzzone With the publication of Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain in 1936, Edward Ardizzone launched the suc­cessful picture-book series that was to assure his international reputation as an eminent children s author and illustrator. Although he had little art

Felix Salten - Hungarian author, 1869-1945 Felix Salten Using the pseud­onym Felix Salten, journalist Siegmund Salzmann wrote several anthropomorphic animal tales, including the novel Bambi: Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde, pub­lished in English as Bambi: A Life in the Woods in 1926. The author was born in Budapest, Hungary, but

J.D. Salinger - American author, 1919-2010 J. D. Salinger (Catcher In The Rye Portrait) Born in New York City, Jerome David Salinger had his first story published in Story when he was twenty-one and, by 1948, he was pub­lishing almost exclusively for the New Yorker. Some of the stories included

Arthur Ransome - English author, 1884-1967 Arthur Ransome Arthur Ransome’s childhood summer holidays in northern England’s Lake District led him, much later in his life, to write Swallows and Amazons (1930), the first of his popular series, “Swallows and Amazons,” of twelve books for children. His success was due at