EDITH NESBIT
English author (1858-1924)
Biography:
Edith Nesbit was born in London. She studied in England, France and Germany. At the age of 17 she published her first poems and later on she began writing short-stories, novels and tales fro children. She died in 1924, leaving behind more than 40 works, considered to be among the best-known books for children.
Her most famous novels include The Story of the Treasure-Seekers (1899), The Wouldbegoods (1901), Five Children and It (1902), The Pheonix and the Carpet (1904), The New Treasurer-Seekers (1904), The Railway Children (1906) and The Enchanted Castle (1907).
Edith Nesbit, author of illustrated works:
The Story of a Treasure Seeker, ilustrated by Gordon Brown, 1899.
The Red House, illustrated by A.I.Keller, Harper and Brothers, 1902
The Book of beast, illustrated by Annabel Spenceley, Mac Donald, Beehive, 1987.
The Cockatoucan, illustrated by Susan Jenkin-Pearce, Mac Donald, 1987.
The Enchanted castle, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky, Unwin, 1907.
Five children in It, illustrated by Millar, Oxford University Press 1994 (first edition: Unwin, 1902).
Harding's Luck, illustrated by Zelinsky and Millar, Macmillan, 1909.
The Ice Dragon, illustrated by Carol Grey, Macdonald 1987.