Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kiplingâs works of fiction include "The Jungle Book" (1894), "Kim" (1901), and many short stories, including âThe Man Who Would Be Kingâ (1888). He was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story. He wrote several supernatural stories such as âThe Phantom Rickshawâ (1888), âThe Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukesâ (1899), and his most famous horror story, âThe Mark of the Beastâ (1890). In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.