Quote of the day
Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.
Arthur Ransome

Born: January 18, 1884
Died: June 3, 1967 (aged 83)
Bio: Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads.
Known for:
- Swallows and Amazons (1930)
- Coot Club (1934)
- Swallowdale (1931)
- Pigeon Post (1936)
- Winter Holiday (1933)