L. Frank Baum was an American author best known for writing the classic book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. Baum was a prolific writer as he is credited with over 50 novels, 200 poems, and close to 100 short stories. Baum remains one of the most widely read and influential writers in the fantasy fiction genre. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, tells the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy as she and her pet dog Toto are slept away by a cyclone to the magical Land of Oz. The book was the basis of the iconic 1939 movie starring Judy Garland. The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second novel in the Wizard of Oz series. The action, which takes place shortly after the events at the end of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, follows a young orphaned boy named Tip who is being cared for by a wicked witch named Mombi. Ozma of Oz is the third novel in the Wizard of Oz series. The book is noted for being the first Oz book in which much of the action takes place outside of the Land of Oz.