Family Prayer

Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the most translated authors in the world. He has been greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov. Growing in chilly Scottish weather, Stevenson inherited a tendency to coughs and fevers. When young Louis was not bed-ridden, he was often in the company of his father, the fishermen, and lighthouse keepers he worked closely with. These times would provide much fodder for his writing.