Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He showed interest in civil engineering while growing up, but later decided to study law at the University of Edinburgh, but he was more interested in writing. His first publication was An Inland Voyage which was much praised by critics.

Stevenson married Mrs. Fanny Osbourne in San Fancisco and after a few months, he returned to Scotland with his wife and his new son, Lloyd. Stevenson died of apoplexy in 1894, when he was just 44 years old.

Throughout Stevenson's poor health during his life, he wrote these stories and collections:

• The Amateur Emigrant
• Across the Plains
• Virginibus Puerisque
• Familiar Studies of Men and Books
• The New Arabian Nights
• Treasure Island
• Prince Otto
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
• Kidnapped
• The Master of Ballantre
• A Child's Garden of Verses
• Underwoods