Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. He is best known for "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter is a collection of linked short stories co-written with his wife, Frances (Fanny) Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (1840-1914).