Which writer for “The New Yorker” wrote the children’s book “Stuart Little”?

Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was a writer born in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. He graduated in 1921 from Cornell University where he learned his journalistic craft as editor of the daily student newspaper. Through Katherine Angell, first literary editor of “The New Yorker” and the woman who would later become White’s wife, he was coaxed to submit manuscripts to the editor which led to him becoming a staff writer. For more than fifty years, he was an influential writer for the magazine.

In the late 1930s, White turned his hand to children's fiction on behalf of a niece, Janice Hart White. His first children's book, “Stuart Little”, was published in 1945, and “Charlotte's Web” appeared in 1952. “Stuart Little” initially received a lukewarm welcome from the literary community. However, both books went on to receive acclaim, and “Charlotte's Web” won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association. The books have become children's classics, and are widely read by children (and adults) and used by teachers. Three films have been loosely adapted from the original book, “Stuart Little” (1999), “Stuart Little 2” (2002) and “Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild” (2006).

In 1978, White won a special Pulitzer Prize citing "his letters, essays and the full body of his work" (which includes 25 books). He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and honorary memberships in a variety of literary societies throughout the United States.