Mrs. Lang

Leonora Blanche Lang, née Alleyne, was an English writer, editor, and translator born in 1851. She is most closely associated with The Fairy Books, the famous series of story collections created with her husband, Andrew Lang, and published from 1889 to 1913.

Although Andrew Lang's name became the better-known one, Leonora Blanche Lang is widely credited as a major creative presence in the series. Sources describe her as a translator, collaborator, and writer for the books, especially valued for adapting tales from several European traditions into clear, engaging English for children.

She also wrote and translated beyond the fairy-tale collections, but her lasting reputation rests on the warmth, readability, and range she brought to children's literature. For listeners discovering books credited to “Mrs. Lang,” she is a key figure behind some of the classic story collections of the late Victorian and early 20th century.