L. Frank Baum

Born: May 15, 1856 - Died: May 6, 1919 (62 years)

Chittenango, New York, USA

Lyman Frank Baum (/bɔːm/; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theatre producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota, and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, debuting the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects, he sought to establish a film studio in Los Angeles, California. His works anticipated such later commonplace things as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work). Description above from the Wikipedia article L. Frank Baum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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L. Frank Baum

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

The Flash of Fate

The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays

Gale: Yellow Brick Road

Wicked: For Good

The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I

Toto's Christmas in Oz

Wicked

Gale: Stay Away from Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: Dorothy And The Wizard in Oz Part 1

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 3

Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 2

Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz

Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 1

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 3

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 2

The Wizard 20Twenty

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 1

Dorothy's New Adventures in Oz

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 3

The Wiz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 1

The Wizard of OZ

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 3

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 2

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 2

Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 1

Oz

Fantastic Return to Oz

The WonderGrove Wizard of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Dorothy's Christmas in Oz

The Wizard of New Oz

The Little Wizards of Oz

The Steam Engines of Oz

Off to Oz

Fantastic Journey to Oz

Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz: The Wizard, The Witch, and The Crystal Ball

The Woodsman

The Oz Project

Straight Outta OZ

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

The Wizard of U.S.

Return to the Emerald City

The Wiz Live!

Wicked Flying Monkeys

The Land of Oz

OzLand

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Oz

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's The Wizard of Dizz

Oz the Great and Powerful

The Prophet of Oz

Untitled #141 (The Sun is the same…)

The Fresh Beat Band: Wizard of Song

Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road

Dorothy and the Witches of Oz

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

After the Wizard

The Scarecrow of Oz

Untitled #125 (Hickory)

Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man

YellowBrickRoad

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

After the Rainbow

The Tin Woodman of Oz

Once in a Lullaby

The Tin Woodman's Home Movie #2: California Poppy Reserve, Antelope Valley

VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's

Death to the Tinman

The Haunted Journey

Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell

Apocalypse Oz

Meet Me in Wichita

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

No Place (Looking Back + Looking Forward)