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Edith Nesbit (August 15 1858 - May 4, 1924) was a British children's author whose works were published under the asexual name of E. Nesbit.
Edith Nesbit was born in London. She grew up in France, Germany, and Kent, and wrote over 60 books of fiction for children, including Five Children and It, The Wouldbegoods, and The Railway Children.
She and her first husband Hubert Bland were among the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884, and lived for many years in Eltham in south-east London.
She died in 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England.
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