By Rachel Potter, 9/12/07
Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His full name was Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson. He married a divorced American in 1880.
In 1881 Stevenson amused his stepson with a little tale about pirates which turned into his first and most famous novel, Treasure Island. Other novels include Kidnapped, his best long novel (the character in which, David Balfour, is probably named after himself), the sequel, David Balfour, The Master of Ballantrae, New Arabian Knights, More New Arabian Knights, and others. Stevenson was both popular and successful in writing literature and if he is not remembered much today it is because his optimism is not fashionable anymore. Robert Louis Stevenson died of a stroke on December 3, 1894.
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