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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a British-American writer. She started her writing career at the age of seventeen in order to support her family and turned it into the main source of her income. She wrote stories for both children and adults and worked as a playwright by turning them into theatre plays.

By the time Burnett published The Secret Garden (1911), she had become a well-known author. Her bestselling books Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess had sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Still, the writer called The Secret Garden her favourite.

It is interesting to know that the little robin – one of the vital and most charming characters – was in fact inspired by a real English robin. The bird often joined Burnett while she was writing in the rose garden near Maytham Hall, Burnett’s house in England. The writer became friends with the bird and even tried to speak to it!