L. Frank Baum

Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater 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, coming out with the first ''Oz'' book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplaces 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''). Provided by Wikipedia
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