Louisa May Alcott was Americain. She was born on 29th November 1832.
She liver in the town of Concord, Massachusetts, in the east of North America.
Louisa ' s father was Amos Bronson Alcott. He was a teacher and a philosopher.
Louisa had two sisters -May, Elizabeth and Anna. Louisa did not go to school.
She learnt her lessons at home. She was intelligent. She like books.
Louisa read all the books in her father ' s library. She also talked with her father ' s friends,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne. These men were famous writing and poets. Louisa wrotte her first story in 1863. She wrote poems and stories for books and magazines. Louisa ' s most popular book was Little Women (1868 ).
The book is aboutes four girls - Amy, Meg, Beth and Jo March. In this book, Louisa was writes about her own life and about her sisters.