Laurence Housman was an English playwright, writer, and illustrator whose career spanned from the 1890s to the 1950s. He studied art in London and initially worked primarily as an illustrator before transitioning to writing as his main focus. Housman came from a notable literary family. He was the younger brother of A. E. Housman, the celebrated poet, and his sister Clemence Housman was also a writer and illustrator. Beyond his creative work, Laurence was an activist in the women's suffrage movement, sharing this commitment with his sister. Housman lived from 1865 to 1959, spending his early years in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, and his later years in Street, Somerset.