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|image= [[File:LFrankBaum.jpg|300px|]]
|name= L. Frank Baum
|actor= None
|dates= May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919
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|occupation= [[Men of Letters]]<br>Writer
|episodes= [[9.04 Slumber Party]] (mentioned)
}}
{{Quotation
|title=
|text='''Charlie:''' You were much nicer in the books.<br>'''Dorothy:''' Those books are the ravings of a sad, old man -- my father.<br>'''Charlie:''' Wait. Your dad was L. Frank Baum, the writer?<br>'''Dorothy:''' A Man of Letters. Another glorified librarian, you ask me.
|author= [[Dorothy Baum]] and [[Charlie Bradbury]]
|source= [[9.04 Slumber Party]]
}}
==History==
L. Frank Baum was a member of the [[Men Of of Letters]], as well as the writer of ''The Wonderful World of Oz'' and its subsequent sequels. At some point, after [[Clive Dillon]] became trapped in [[Oz]], Baum found the [[Key to Oz]] and traveled there to rescue Clive. He unknowingly brought along his daughter [[Dorothy Baum|Dorothy]] who became trapped in Oz. After Dorothy returned to Earth, Baum wrote the ''Wizard of Oz'' books as clues to Dorothy about how to fight [[the Wicked Witch of the West]].
==The Real L. Frank Baum==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum L. Frank Baum] was an American writer from the early 20th century, best known for his fantasy works about a magical land called Oz. His best known work is ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]'' which has been adapted into musicals and many movies, most famously the 1939 film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_%281939_film%29 The Wizard of Oz]'' starring Judy Garland.
While in ''[[Supernatural]]'' the character of [[Dorothy]] was written as his daughter, in real life Baum had four sons and no daughters.
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