author
Ruth Plumly Thompson
1893–1976
Best known for carrying the Oz series forward after L. Frank Baum, this prolific children’s writer brought a brisk, playful energy to the magical land. Her stories helped keep Oz alive for a new generation of readers in the 1920s and 1930s.
15 Audiobooks
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Captain Salt in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz : In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the long lost Emperor of the Silver Island
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The giant horse of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Lost King of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Handy Mandy in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Gnome King of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Wishing Horse of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Kabumpo in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Silver Princess in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Grampa in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Yellow Knight of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
About the author
Born in Philadelphia, Ruth Plumly Thompson was an American writer of children’s stories and fantasy. She began publishing while still young and built a career writing fiction, verse, and magazine pieces before becoming closely associated with Oz.
After L. Frank Baum’s death in 1919, Thompson was chosen by Baum’s publisher to continue the Oz books. She went on to write nineteen Oz novels, becoming the second official "Royal Historian of Oz" and helping extend one of children’s literature’s most beloved fantasy worlds.
Readers often remember her Oz books for their fast pace, lively wordplay, and cheerful sense of invention. Although bibliographic records sometimes list her as 1893–1976, reliable biographical sources identify her dates as July 27, 1891, to April 6, 1976.