Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American author who drew on her own family life in Little Women, her best-known novel.
- Lived
- 1832–1888
- Nationality
- American
Louisa May Alcott grew up in Massachusetts in a family of idealists and often had little money. She worked as a nurse during the Civil War and wrote thrillers under a pseudonym before turning to stories for girls.
Little Women (1868–69) made her famous, and she continued the story in Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's Boys.
Books by this author
- Little Women (1868)