David Cory

Born David Magie Cory in Oyster Bay, New York, on October 26, 1872, he became an American author and poet best known for writing for children. He produced more than fifty books, with a playful, storybook style that often centered on talking animals and cheerful adventures.

Before focusing on writing, he worked as a stockbroker. According to biographical summaries, the stories that made him famous began as tales he told his two sons, and those homegrown stories eventually developed into his long-running Little Jack Rabbit series.

Cory's Jack Rabbit stories were syndicated in newspapers for about forty years, helping his work reach a wide audience beyond the book world. He died on July 4, 1966, leaving behind a large body of children's fiction that still has a gentle, old-fashioned charm.