Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's novels, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. These books were the foundation for the popular television series 'Little House on the Prairie' during the 1970s and early 1980s.

In addition to her famous book series, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote a regular newspaper column and kept a diary during her move from South Dakota to Missouri, which has been published as a book.