Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist, whose works included the poems "Gunga Din," the short story "The Man Who Would Be King," and the novels Captains Courageous and The Jungle Book. "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" can be heard in The Masterworks of Orson Welles, and several more of his writings for children can be heard in Just So Stories.