Unknown Authors: The Queen of Hearts

From a 1901 edition of Mother Goose. Illustration by W.W. Denslow.

The poem The Queen of Hearts is an English poem and nursery rhyme based on the playing cards. It was anonymously published in The European Magazine vol. 1, no. 4 in April of 1782. It was published with three lesser-known stanzas "The King of Spades", "The King of Clubs", and "The King of Diamond" but some believe that the other stanzas were added later to what has been a much older poem. The poem is probably best known for its use in Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland. 

Poem:

The Queen of Hearts 

She made some tarts,

All on a summer's day;

The Knave of HeartsHe stole those tarts,

And took them clean away.

The King of Hearts

Called for the tarts,

And beat the knave full sore;

The Knave of Hearts

Brought back the tarts,

And vowed he'd steal no more.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Nursery Rhymes Wiki

Pen Name: Robico

 

My Little Monster

Robico is a Manga artist that started their career in 2005 with her one-shot Demekinikku. Robico is not her real name and is a pen name she uses and her real name is unknown to the public. There is little information on her. Her birthday is October 8 (year unknown) and she's from the Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan.

List of Works:

Demekinikku (2005) – (one-shot in Kodansha's Dessert)
Kanojo ga Inakunatta (2006) – (serialized in Dessert)
Boy x Meet x Girl (2007)
Himikoi (2007-2008) – (serialized in Dessert)
My Little Monster (2008-2013) – (serialized in Dessert) Anime (2012) Live Action (2018)
Skip! Yamada-kun (2014) – (artist of one-shot in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump)
Miracle☆Gift (2015) – (one-shot in Kodansha's Weekly Shounen Magazine)
Our Precious Conversations (2015-2019) – (serialized in Dessert)
Wash Me Hug Me! (2020) – (one-shot in Dessert)

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

My Anime List

Who is Jane Martin?

Jane Martin is a playwright and a Kentucky native and these things are really the only things known about the person using the name. Jane Martin is just a pen name and the person behind it is a mystery. They have been active since 1981 and a long time collaborator of Actors Theater of Louisville's artistic director Jon Jory. He would keep their identity secret and people would suspect and do suspect Jon is Jane. He would direct the premiers of Jane's plays. They would release plays like Anton in Show Business, Back Story, Keely and Du, etc.

There have been many theories of the identity of Jane, but none have been confirmed.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
Dramatic Publishing
e notes
Pulitzer
Play Bill
NPR
Washington

Anonymous Artist: Amarilis (Poet)

Amarilis is a pseudonym for a poet from the late 16th century Peru. The poet (believed to have been a woman) wrote a single known poem an epístola to Belardo. They sent the poem to Spanish playwright Lope de Vega whom they supposedly admired. He would then publish the poem in La Filomena in 1621.

Not much is known about Amarilis but it is believed that they were a female.

SOURCES:
Revolvy
Wikipedia