Peter Pan

About J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie was born on May 9 1860 in Kirriemuir Scotland the ninth of ten children. His older brother died when Barrie was only six years old and it is said that his mother took comfort in the fact that he would always remain a little boy an idea that had a great impact on Barrie. At the age of thirteen Barrie was sent away to boarding school where he and his friends spent their time playing pirates. When he completed his schooling he became a journalist first in Nottingham and then in London before turning to writing novels and plays. Barries most famous work Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldnt Grow Up premiered on stage in 1904 and was turned into a novel in 1911.