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Francis (Frank) Richard Stockton was born in Blockley, Pennsylvania, a township of Philadelphia,on April 5, 1 !"# $is parents were %illia& S&ith Stockton, a 'ethodist &inister, s perintendent ofthe Philadelphia Al&s $o se, and writer, and &ily $epsibeth *rean Stockton, a schoolad&inistrator# +n 1 -, Stockton &arried 'arian dwards . ttle, a teacher fro& So th /arolina#Stockton lived in the Philadelphia area for &ost of his life# $is later years were spent in 0ew ersey,%est 2ir3inia, and 0ew 4ork#

Stockton was schooled in the Philadelphia P blic School Syste At /entral $i3h School heachieved his first s ccess as a writer by havin3 one his short stories selected as the top entry of acontest by the Boys and 6irls o rnal# +n 1 57, Stockton i3nored his father s advice to st dy&edicine and instead beca&e a wood en3raver# Stockton contin ed to p rs e his writin3 interestsand several of his stories were p blished in vario s literary &a3a8ines, s ch as the A&erican/o rier and the So thern 9iterary 'a3a8ine# As wood en3ravin3 ill strations beca&e pass:,Stockton p rs ed writin3 on a re3 lar basis# $e be3an to write for Philadelphia newspapers likethe Philadelphia Press and the Philadelphia 'ornin3 Post# $e also s b&itted stories to h &or&a3a8ines and children s &a3a8ines# +n 1 ;, Stockton s story a fantastical taleabo t a fairy, was p blished in the Riverside 'a3a8ine for 4o n3 People, and the story was later

p blished in book for& in 1 ;-# After the s ccess of this story, Stockton was asked to beco&e theassistant editor and the chief contrib tor for the children s section of $earth and $o&e# +n 1 ;!,Stockton be3an editin3 and contrib tin3 to St# 0icholas, the presti3io s children s &a3a8ine# +n1 ; , Stockton was forced to leave his position at the &a3a8ine beca se of his failin3 eyesi3ht,which forced hi& to dictate his stories for the rest of his life# $owever, his failin3 eyesi3ht did notstop hi& fro& p rs in3 an e?pansive literary career#

Stockton s first &a@or s ccess arrived with the 1 ; p blication of R dder 6ran3e, a collection ofstories based on a &arried co ple and their servant# $is &ost fa&o s work, however, was the shortstory, which was p blished in 1 7 by /ent ry &a3a8ine and bro 3htStockton & ch acclai .his story, with its a&bi3 o s endin3, has been adapted into a play version,a fil& version, and addressed by Robert Brownin3 in a poe& and by scholars in the $indco&& nity# +n 1 ;, .he Bee 'an of Crn and Cther Fancif l .ales was p blished and f rtherhelped Stockton earn the rep tation as one of the 3reatest h &orists and children s a thors of histi&e# Stockton p blished &ost of his works nder the title $owever, he wasalso known to p blish works nder the pse dony&s and < ohn 9ewees,> which hederived fro& the na&es of his siblin3s#

Stockton has had two of his works honored with the 9ewis /arroll Shelf Award# +n 1 !, the honorwas bestowed pon his fairy tale .he 6riffin and the 'inor /anon, and in 1 , the honor wentto .he Storytellers PackD A Frank R# Stockton Reader# * rin3 his lifeti&e, his works also 3ained

hi& ad&ittance into the /ent ry /l b and the A thors /l b#Stockton died of cerebral he&orrha3e on April 7-, 1 -7, in %ashin3ton *#/# $e is b ried in the%oodlands /e&etery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania#

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