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1849–1924
Best known for The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, this British-born American writer turned childhood resilience, loneliness, and imagination into stories that have stayed loved for generations.

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Born in Manchester on November 24, 1849, Frances Hodgson Burnett moved with her family to the United States after her father's death and years of financial strain. She began writing young and found early success in magazines before building a long career as both a novelist and playwright.
She became internationally famous for Little Lord Fauntleroy in 1886, and later wrote A Little Princess and The Secret Garden, the books for which she is most remembered today. Her stories often balance hardship with warmth and hope, giving children an inner life that feels vivid and serious without losing a sense of wonder.
Burnett died in Plandome, New York, on October 29, 1924. More than a century later, her work still speaks to readers through its memorable children, emotional honesty, and faith in renewal.