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E. Nesbit
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
E. Nesbit
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

E. Nesbit

English, 1858 - 1924
Place ActiveLondon, England
Edith Nesbit wrote children's books published under the abbreviated name E. Nesbit. She had her first poem published while she was in her early teens before going on to write and share stories, most often about independent children on adventures. Her most famour work, the Railway Children, was published in 1905.