A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year: The "informative and entertaining" first major biography of the trailblazing, controversial children's author (The Washington Post). Born in 1858, Edith Nesbit is today considered the first modern writer for...
Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) is considered the first modern writer for children and the inventor of the children's adventure story. Author of over forty books, including her seminal classic The Railway Children, and other novels, story collections, and picture books combining real-world...