Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer, best known for his classic children's novel, The Wind in the Willows (1908). Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by his grandmother in England and educated at St. Edward's School, Oxford. He had a successful career at the Bank of England, retiring in 1908. His earlier works include Pagan Papers (1893), The Golden Age (1895), and Dream Days (1898). The Wind in the Willows originated from stories he told his son, Alastair, whose tragic death at age twenty deeply affected Grahame and his wife.