author
Leonora de Lima Andrews
1900–1985
A little-known early 20th-century American writer, she is remembered for a dreamy, childlike fantasy world where fairies, goblins, and everyday landscapes feel full of wonder. Her surviving work has a gentle, old-fashioned charm that still suits listeners who enjoy imaginative stories with a storybook mood.
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Do you believe in fairies?
by Leonora de Lima Andrews
About the author
Born in Manhattan in 1900 and later dying in Emerson, New Jersey, in 1985, Leonora de Lima Andrews appears to have been a relatively obscure American author whose published record is small but distinctive.
She is best known for Do You Believe in Fairies?, first published in 1924, a fantasy book for "grown-up children" that blends whimsy, imagination, and a sense of childhood wonder. Modern library and book records also connect her with adaptations or retellings of classic stories for younger readers, including editions of Gulliver's Travels and other children's books.
Much of her life remains hard to document from widely available sources, which gives her work an air of rediscovery today. What stands out is the mood of her writing: playful, dreamy, and warmly curious, with the feeling of stepping just slightly outside ordinary life.