Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer who is most famous for his classic adventure novel, Treasure Island. Born in 1850, he suffered from poor health throughout his life and traveled extensively in search of a climate that suited him. Some of his other well-known works include Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Stevenson died in 1894 at the age of 44, but his literary legacy lives on, and his works continue to inspire and entertain readers around the world.