Elwyn Brooks E. B. White was an American writer.
He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide, The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as Strunk & White.
He also wrote books for children, including Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, not for the first time.