| Age | 44 (age at death) |
| Birthday | 13 November, 1850 |
| Birthplace | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 3 December, 1894 |
| Place of Death | Vailima, Samoan Islands |
| Height | 5' 11" (180 cm) |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Claim to Fame | Treasure Island; A Child's Garden of Verses; Kidnapped; Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde |
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses.
A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins"
