莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆（Lyman Frank Baum，1856 年 5 月 15 日 - 1919 年 5 月 6 日）是美国儿童读物作家，以撰写《绿野仙踪》而闻名。他写了十三部小说续集、九部其他奇幻小说和许多其他作品（总共 55 部小说，外加四部“失传”小说）、82 篇短篇小说、200 多首诗歌、数量不详的剧本和许多杂项作品），并多次尝试将他的作品搬上舞台和银幕。他的作品预言了电视、笔记本电脑（《万能钥匙》）、无线电话（《绿野仙踪》）、从事高风险、动作繁重的职业的女性（《玛丽·路易丝在乡下》）以及无处不在的服装广告（《简阿姨的侄女在工作》）等世纪后的司空见惯的事物。

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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels), 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works predicted such century-later commonplaces as television, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

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