Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, in 1865. Kipling was one of the most revered writers in recent history, and many of his works are deemed classic literature. To this day, he maintains an avid following and reputation as one of the greatest storytellers of the past two centuries. He published hundreds of short stories, novels, and poetry collections, including the short story тАЬThe Man Who Would Be KingтАЭ and the famed poem тАЬIf.тАЭ In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1936, but his stories live onтАФeven nearly one hundred years after his passing.
J. M. Gleeson and Paul Bransom were both illustrators during the early 1900s.