Who is the British-American novelist and playwright whose novel inspired this Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation in 1988 and broadcast on the "World Masterpiece Theater"?
Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (published in 1885–1886), "A Little Princess" (1905), and "The Secret Garden" (1911).
Nicholas Llewelyn Davies Nicholas "Nico" Llewelyn Davies (24 November 1903 – 14 October 1980) was the youngest of the Llewelyn Davies boys, who were the inspiration for J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. He was only a year old when "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" hit the stage in 1904, and as such was not a primary inspiration for the characters of Peter and the Lost Boys. However he was eight years old when the novel adaptation "Peter and Wendy" was published, and in later editions of the play, the character Michael Darling's middle name was changed to "Nicholas." He was the first cousin of the English writer Daphne du Maurier.