Known For
Writing
Born
May 15, 1856
Died
May 06, 1919
Place of Birth
Chittenango, New York, USA
Credits
176 titles
L. Frank Baum
Biography
Lyman Frank Baum (/bɔːm/; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theatre producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota, and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, debuting the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects, he sought to establish a film studio in Los Angeles, California. His works anticipated such later commonplace things as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work). Description above from the Wikipedia article L. Frank Baum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Patchwork Girl
Story
Gale: Yellow Brick Road
Writer
Wicked: For Good
Characters
The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
Novel
Toto's Christmas in Oz
Novel
Wicked
Characters
The Wizard of Oz
Novel
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: Dorothy And The Wizard in Oz Part 1
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Novel
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 3
Novel
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 2
Novel
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 1
Novel
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 3
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 2
Novel
The Wizard 20Twenty
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 1
Novel
Dorothy's New Adventures in Oz
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 3
Novel
The Wiz
Novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 1
Novel
The Wizard of OZ
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 3
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 2
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 2
Novel
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 1
Novel
Oz
Novel
Fantastic Return to Oz
Novel
The WonderGrove Wizard of Oz
Book
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Novel
Dorothy's Christmas in Oz
Novel
The Wizard of New Oz
Novel
The Little Wizards of Oz
Novel
The Steam Engines of Oz
Novel
Off to Oz
Characters
Fantastic Journey to Oz
Novel
Emerald City
Novel
Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz: The Wizard, The Witch, and The Crystal Ball
Novel
The Woodsman
Novel
The Oz Project
Novel
Straight Outta OZ
Novel
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Characters
The Wizard of U.S.
Novel
Return to the Emerald City
Novel
The Wiz Live!
Characters
Lost in Oz
Book
Wicked Flying Monkeys
Novel
The Land of Oz
Story
OzLand
Novel