ANSWER: Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, mostly known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. She was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S., and died on February 10, 1957 in Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. aged 90. She was notable for her writings.