SF Supernova

The Archive · Author dossier

L. Frank Baum

Lifespan
1856 – 1919
Nationality
American
Active
1900 – 1921
Works held
44

L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) created Oz, the first great American fairyland, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and returned to it across thirteen more novels. Writing as the self-styled 'Royal Historian of Oz', he built a whole secondary world of enduring charm and invention that has never been out of print, and set the template for American children's fantasy that L. Frank Baum's successors are still working within.

The works

  1. 1921
    Cover of The Royal Book of Oz The Royal Book of Oz
  2. 1920
    Cover of Glinda of Oz Glinda of Oz Cover of Glinda of Oz Glinda of Oz
  3. 1919
    Cover of The Magic of Oz The Magic of Oz Cover of The Magic of Oz The Magic of Oz
  4. 1918
    Cover of The Tin Woodman of Oz The Tin Woodman of Oz Cover of The Tin Woodman of Oz The Tin Woodman of Oz
  5. 1917
    Cover of The Lost Princess of Oz The Lost Princess of Oz
  6. 1916
    Cover of Rinkitink in Oz Rinkitink in Oz Cover of Rinkitink in Oz Rinkitink in Oz
  7. 1915
    Cover of The Scarecrow of Oz The Scarecrow of Oz Cover of The Scarecrow of Oz The Scarecrow of Oz
  8. 1914
    Cover of Tik-Tok of Oz Tik-Tok of Oz Cover of Tik-Tok of Oz Tik-Tok of Oz
  9. 1913
    Cover of Little Wizard Stories of Oz Little Wizard Stories of Oz Cover of The Patchwork Girl of Oz The Patchwork Girl of Oz Cover of The Patchwork Girl of Oz The Patchwork Girl of Oz
  10. 1912
    Cover of Sky Island Sky Island Cover of Sky Island Sky Island
  11. 1911
    Cover of The Sea Fairies The Sea Fairies Cover of The Sea Fairies The Sea Fairies Cover of Twinkle and Chubbins: Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Twinkle and Chubbins: Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland
  12. 1910
    Cover of The Emerald City of Oz The Emerald City of Oz Cover of The Emerald City of Oz The Emerald City of Oz
  13. 1909
    Cover of The Road to Oz The Road to Oz Cover of The Road to Oz The Road to Oz
  14. 1908
    Cover of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Cover of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
  15. 1907
    Cover of Ozma of Oz Ozma of Oz Cover of Ozma of Oz Ozma of Oz Cover of Policeman Bluejay Policeman Bluejay
  16. 1906
    Cover of John Dough and the Cherub John Dough and the Cherub Cover of Prairie-Dog Town Prairie-Dog Town
  17. 1905
    Cover of Queen Zixi of Ix; Or, the Story of the Magic Cloak Queen Zixi of Ix; Or, the Story of the Magic Cloak
  18. 1904
    Cover of The Land of Oz The Land of Oz Cover of The Marvelous Land of Oz The Marvelous Land of Oz
  19. 1903
    Cover of The Enchanted Island of Yew The Enchanted Island of Yew
  20. 1901
    Cover of American Fairy Tales American Fairy Tales Cover of Dot and Tot of Merryland Dot and Tot of Merryland Cover of The Master Key The Master Key Cover of The Master Key The Master Key
  21. 1900
    Cover of The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People Cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz T The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Wrote across

1900s1910s1920s

Recurring themes

FantasyJuvenileHard SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Frank R. StocktonA. A. MilneAbbie Farwell BrownAbbie Phillips WalkerAdélaïde de MontgolfierAlbert Bigelow PaineAlexandre DumasAlfred Ollivant

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Edgar Rice BurroughsH. G. WellsVictor AppletonLord DunsanyE. NesbitH. P. LovecraftAlgernon BlackwoodRay CummingsRobert E. HowardRuth Plumly Thompson

Comments 0

No comments yet. Sign in to be the first.