A. A. Milne was an English author, poet, and essayist. Throughout his career, he wrote more than ten books, numerous essays and articles, as well as a few short story collections, most notably the Winnie the Pooh series, which were inspired by his son Christopher Robin Milne' s stuffed animals. Milne passed away in January of 1956.
E. H. Shepard was a prolific English artist and book illustrator, most well known for his work in Winnie the Pooh and Aesop' s Fables.