Frank R. Stockton
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About
An American writer of children's fairy tales, he is best remembered for The Lady, or the Tiger? (1882) and The Hundreth Man (1886). His later works include The Captain's Toll-Gate (1903) and The Lost Dryad (1912).
Before Fame
He worked as a wood engraver before writing for a Philadelphia newspaper founded by his brother.
Trivia
His father, a Methodist minister, discouraged him from pursuing a writing career.
Family Life
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following his marriage to Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, he settled in Nutley, New Jersey.
Associated With
His stories The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1885) and The Bee-Man of Orn (1887) were illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
