G. E. Farrow

George Edward Farrow (17 March 1862[1] – 1919[2][3]) born in Ipswich in England, was a noted British children's book author of whose life little is known.

He encouraged his readers to write to him, answered their letters, and let their tastes and opinions guide his future works (rather like his American contemporary L. Frank Baum).

Though he wrote adventure tales and poetry, Farrow was best known for nonsense books written in the tradition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, especially his Wallypug series, including: He wrote 34 volumes in all, his last being The Mysterious Shin Shira (1915).

Until recently, even the year of his birth was not known for certain,[note 1] it having been estimated at 1866, partly based on a reference in the Preface to an 1898 book: What did become of Farrow is also obscure.

Author Noel Streatfeild has speculated: Farrow's other books include The Missing Prince (1896) and The Little Panjandrum's Dodo (1899).