Biography
Troy Boone teaches and writes on children's literature in the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century British literature and culture. He has published articles on Bram Stoker, Daniel Defoe, the Marquis de Sade, the Titanic disaster, the Salvation Army, Nancy Drew, tourist literature, Kenneth Grahame and E. Nesbit. His book Youth of Darkest England: Working-Class Children at the Heart of Victorian Empire (New York: Routledge) was published in 2005.