Who wrote the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, the prose version of Peter Pan?

J. M. Barrie wrote the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, the prose version of Peter Pan.

Barrie had already introduced Peter Pan in earlier works, including the 1902 novel The Little White Bird and the 1904 stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. The 1911 book expanded the stage story into a narrative with descriptive passages and an omniscient narrator.

The book is often published under the shorter title Peter Pan, although its original title was Peter and Wendy. This can cause confusion with Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, which appeared in 1906 and tells an earlier, different version of Peter’s origins.

Barrie’s novel helped establish details now strongly associated with the story, including the Darling children’s journey to Neverland, the Lost Boys, Captain Hook, and Peter’s resistance to adulthood. Later films and stage productions usually adapt several Barrie works rather than following the 1911 text word for word.