বায়োগ্রাফি: Lyman Frank Baum is the author of renowned American classics like the wizard of the OZ and its sequels. He was born to Cynthia Ann and Benjamin Ward Baum and had 8 siblings only 5 of whom survived childhood. He also worked as a newspaper editor, actor, screenwriter, film producer. He married Maud Gage in 1882 and they had 4 children, one of whom was the famous writer Harry Neal Baum.