Frances Hodgson Burnett
Born in 1849
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American author best known for her children's novels, including The Secret Garden.
Born in Manchester, England in 1849, she emigrated to Tennessee with her family in 1865.
Burnett began writing at 19 to support her family, eventually becoming a successful novelist.
She married twice and had two sons, losing her elder son to tuberculosis in 1890.
Burnett divided her time between the United States and England, where she wrote The Secret Garden.
She struggled with depression throughout her life but found solace in writing.
Burnett died in 1924 in New York, leaving behind a legacy of beloved children's literature.
