Genevieve Stump Foster (April 13, 1893 – August 30, 1979)[1][a][2] was an American children's writer who illustrated most of her own books.
A year after she was born her father died, and her mother moved with Genevieve, an only child, to live with her parents in Whitewater, Wisconsin, where she spent most of her childhood.
She greatly reduced the amount of her work when she married Orrington C. Foster, an engineer, on June 5, 1922.
From 1930-1938 she significantly increased the amount of her work, primarily as an illustrator for children's stories.
She said that the way history was traditionally taught was "about as dull and unsatisfying, as a play might be, if only one character appeared upon the stage, while the others faintly mumbled their lines in the wings, out of sight of the audience.
[4][7] Foster traveled extensively and most of her books were translated into 12–15 languages and were distributed by the U. S. State Department.