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|image= [[File:LFrankBaum.jpg|300px|]]
|name= L. Frank Baum
|actor= None
|occupation= [[Men of Letters]]<br>Writer
|episodes= [[9.04 Slumber Party]] (mentioned)
}}
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|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 Letters]], as well as the writer of ''The Wonderful World of Oz'' and its subsequent sequels. At some point he traveled to , after [[Clive Dillon]] became trapped in [[Oz]], Baum found the [[Oz|Land of Key to Oz]] with and traveled there to rescue Clive. He unknowingly brought along his daughter [[Dorothy Baum|Dorothy]], who became trapped therein Oz. After Dorothy returned to Earth, Baum left various clues in wrote the text providing ''Wizard of Oz'' books as clues on to Dorothy about how to battle fight [[The the Wicked Witch of the West]] in the "Oz" novels.
==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 only had four sons and no daughters.
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