Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 - March 6, 1888) was an American
novelist, short story writer and poet best known as the author of the
novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's
Boys (1886). She began her writing career at an early age, with short
stories for newspapers and magazines. What began as a series of stories
in the 1860s became the classic American children's novel we know today
as Little Women.