Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett, one of the best-known children's writers of the early twentieth century, wrote such classic novels for young readers as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. Burnett was born Frances Eliza Hodgson in 1849 in Manchester, England. She moved to Tennessee in the United States with her family after her father's death. Though her family emigrated from England largely for economic reasons, they struggled financially, and later Hodgson would engage with themes of childhood...
