Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He is known for his prolific writing, which included essays, short stories, and novels. He also wrote a work called A Message to Garcia, which became a bestseller in 1899. Hubbard was born in Bloomington, Illinois, and attended the University of Michigan. After college, he worked as a traveling salesman and then as a magazine editor. He founded the Roycroft Press in 1895, which published books, magazines, and other works of art. He was a strong advocate of individualism and self-reliance, and his writings often reflected these values. He died in 1915 in a shipwreck off the coast of New York.
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