Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton was a British children's author whose prolific output dominated mid-twentieth-century juvenile fiction.

Her series—Famous Five, Secret Seven, Noddy—sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide.

The name evokes nostalgic adventure stories featuring children solving mysteries, often with lashings of ginger beer.

Critics have faulted her work for simplistic prose and dated attitudes toward race and class, though generations of readers discovered the pleasure of books through her.