Gertrude Chandler Warner author page

Gertrude Chandler Warner biography

Gertrude Chandler Warner was a children’s author who grew up in Putnam, Connecticut. She wrote The Boxcar Children after imagining what it would be like to live in a caboose or freight car, an idea reflected in the Alden children’s life in the series.

Warner wrote nineteen Boxcar Children books. The series centres on Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden, children whose adventures continue through mysteries written after Warner’s death.

The Boxcar Children series is used for younger independent readers, with recent editions described for ages 7 to 10 and Grades 2 to 5. The Election Day Dilemma, a 128-page Boxcar Children mystery published by Random House Books for Young Readers, was published on 27 August 2024.