Maria Wilkes

Maria Wilkes is a renowned American writer of young adult, historical fiction, and children’s books. She is famous for contributing to the Little House Books, originally created by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In all, Maria has written four books in the Little House: Caroline Years series and five chapter books of the same series. In her novels, she has described the life of Caroline Ingalls, the mother of Laura Ingalls. Starting from the time she was little Caroline Quiner, Maria has described the events in her life as she grew up, her marriage, her professional life, and the subsequent years as well. Maria collaborated with Dan Andreasen and Doris Ettlinger for writing her books, who provided excellent illustrations in her novels. Author Maria says that she was very small when she discovered the Little House novels and became fascinated by the work of Laura Wilder. They inspired her to develop an interest in pioneer history.