Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa 1885
Born	Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (1867-02-07)February 7, 1867 Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	February 10, 1957(1957-02-10) (aged 90) Mansfield, Missouri, U.S.
Resting place	Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Writer teacher journalist family farmer
Period	1911–1957 (as a writer)
Genre	Diaries, essays, family saga (children's historical novels)
Subject	Midwestern and Western
Notable works	Little House on the Prairie Little House series
Notable awards	Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal est. 1954
Spouse	Almanzo Wilder ​ ​ (m. 1885; died 1949)​
Children	2, including Rose Wilder Lane
Parents	Charles Ingalls Caroline Lake Quiner
Relatives	Mary Ingalls (sister) Caroline "Carrie" Ingalls Swanzey (sister) Charles Frederick "Freddie" Ingalls (brother) Grace Ingalls Dow (sister)
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer. The Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.^[1]

The television series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) was loosely based on the books, and starred Melissa Gilbert as Laura and Michael Landon as her father, Charles Ingalls.^[2]