About the Author

Rudyard Kipling, he really needs no introduction. Rudyard is a writing genius whose work has captivated thousands.
His most famous writing comes in the form of a bear named Baloo, and a little boy named Mowgli. The Jungle Book, his most famous work, has fans from the age of 2 to 92. The Jungle Book is written on the subject that most of his writings are about, a child (more often male) and the outdoors.

Writing was Kipling's escape. He wrote to escape a bad living situation. From what I have learned this term, trouble, sickness, and loneliness are often what starts an author writing. Writing is a way to escape the world you are living in for a few minutes, or hours and go to a whole new world, a whole new frame of thought. It is said that Kipling wrote about the hot jungle where Mowgli (The Jungle Book) lived when he was snowed in, longing for warmth.

The height of his writing career came in 1907 when he was awarded a Nobel Prize, Kipling being the first ever English author to do so.

Kipling found much inspiration from his childhood home, India. He wrote often about it, including the book Kim. Like I said earlier, he found inspiration in the outdoors, and you can clearly see that in his writings, he writes of England, India, and Africa. (all of which he traveled to)

Kipling wrote up until the 1930s.

Kipling died of an ulcer on January 18th 1936. He was cremated and buried at Westminster abbey in Poets Corner.