author
Robert Gordon Anderson
1881–1950
Best known for warm, imaginative children's fiction, this American writer created lively bedtime adventures that helped make characters like Marmaduke Green memorable to generations of young readers. His work also ranged into adventure fiction, showing a knack for telling spirited stories with an easy, inviting style.
2 Audiobooks
Seven O'Clock Stories
by Robert Gordon Anderson
Half-Past Seven Stories
by Robert Gordon Anderson
About the author
An American author born in Somerville, New Jersey, Robert Gordon Anderson lived from April 18, 1881, to 1950. He is chiefly remembered for children's books, especially the Seven O'Clock Stories and Half-Past Seven Stories, which follow the playful adventures of the Green children and were later recorded for readers and listeners through projects like LibriVox and other public-domain libraries.
Anderson also wrote longer fiction, including The Isle of Seven Moons, an adventure novel that shows he was not limited to short nursery-hour tales. Across the works that can be readily confirmed today, he comes across as a versatile popular storyteller who could shift from cozy family storytelling to bigger, more romantic adventures.
Although he is not as widely known now as some of his contemporaries, his books have endured through digital libraries and volunteer archives, where modern readers can still discover his gentle humor, energy, and gift for writing stories that feel made to be read aloud.