W. T. (William Trowbridge) Larned

William Trowbridge Larned was an American author and editor associated with children’s literature and fairy-tale retellings in the early 1900s. Reliable library and public-domain sources connect him with books including American Indian Fairy Tales, and Project Gutenberg lists a substantial body of work under his name.

A University of Colorado fairy-tale resource describes him as an author and editor of fairy tales in the early twentieth century. His published work shows a clear interest in adapting and presenting traditional stories for younger audiences, especially tales connected with French and Native American traditions.

Because biographical information about him is relatively limited in the sources available here, the safest picture is of a writer remembered less for a highly documented personal life than for the storytelling collections he helped preserve and popularize for later readers.