Annie Fellows Johnston

Annie Fellows Johnston
BornAnnie Julia Fellows
(1863-05-15)May 15, 1863
McCutchanville, Indiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 5, 1931(1931-10-05) (aged 68)
Pewee Valley, Kentucky, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseWilliam Levi Johnston
ParentsAlbion Fellows
Mary Erskine Fellows

Annie Fellows Johnston (May 15, 1863 – October 5, 1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular The Little Colonel series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel; many of the books were illustrated by photographer Kate Matthews. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana.