Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
(1850–1894)
A famous Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer.
A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Child's Garden of Verses.
New Arabian Nights, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories, containing Stevenson's first published fiction, highly acclaimed by literary critics as pioneering works in the English short story tradition.