Ruth Manning-Sanders
August 21, 1886 – October 12, 1988
Place of Birth:
Swansea, Wales
Place of Death:
Penzance, Cornwall
Ruth Manning-Sanders (21 August 1886 – 12 October 1988) was a Welsh-born English poet and author, well known for a series of children's books in which she collected and related fairy tales from all over the world. All told, she published more than 90 books during her lifetime.