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Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Writing
07 Feb 1867
10 Feb 1957
Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S.

Biography

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which was based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.