Lucy Fitch Perkins was born July 12, 1865, in Maples, IN. She was a writer and illustrator of children's books, and was also an editor. Her "Twins of the World" series told of the lives of children from more than 20 different countries and cultures. Throughout her writing career, Perkins worked from a studio at her home in Evanston, Illinois. When she died on March 18, 1937, the twenty-fifth Twins book had just been published, and she was working on another. With the coauthorship of her daughter, Eleanor Ellis Perkins, the last book of the series, The Dutch Twins and Little Brother, was published in 1938. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, Vol. 72, p. 198-200
From the guide to the Lucy Fitch Perkins Collection, 1911-1934, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])
