Question: The novels March and Little Women are based upon a story written by what author?
Context: The Black Pearl (French: "La Perle Noire" ) is a three-act comedy by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou that was first performed in 1862 in Paris.  The play is based upon a story written by Sardou and first published in December 1861 under the title The Medallion. Little Women is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Anne Maxwell based upon the novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.  The film stars Isabel Lamon, Dorothy Bernard, Lillian Hall, Florence and Conrad Nagel.  The film was released on November 10, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. Little Women (1998) is the first opera written by American composer Mark Adamo to his own libretto after Louisa May Alcott's tale of growing up in New England after the American Civil War, "Little Women".  The opera also includes text by John Bunyan (Beth's setting of "The Pilgrim's Progress"), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Dr. Bhaer sings "Kennst du das Land"), and Alcott herself (an excerpt of one of her thrillers at the beginning of Act II, which is spoken and mostly omitted on the audio recording). March (2005) is a novel by Geraldine Brooks.  It is a novel that retells Louisa May Alcott's novel "Little Women" from the point of view of Alcott's protagonists' absent father.  Brooks has inserted the novel into the classic tale, revealing the events surrounding March's absence during the American Civil War in 1862.  The novel won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. "Genesis and Catastrophe: A True Story" is a short story written by Roald Dahl first published in "Playboy" magazine and included in his 1962 book "Kiss Kiss".  It is a fictionalized account based upon a true historical incident.  It is also known as "A Fine Son". Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871.  The novel reprises characters from "Little Women" and is considered by some the second book in an unofficial "Little Women" trilogy, which is completed with Alcott's 1886 novel "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men"".  It tells the story of Jo Bhaer and the children at Plumfield Estate School.  It was inspired by the death of Alcott's brother-in-law, which reveals itself in one of the last chapters, when a beloved character from "Little Women" passes away.  It has been adapted to a 1934 film, a 1940 film, a 1998 film, a television series, and a . Little Women is a 1949 American feature film with script and music taken directly from the earlier 1933 Hepburn version.  Based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name, it was filmed in Technicolor and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.  The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt.  The original music score was composed by Adolph Deutsch and Max Steiner.  The film also marked the American film debut of Italian actor Rossano Brazzi.  Sir C. Aubrey Smith, whose acting career had spanned four decades, died in 1948; "Little Women" was his final film. The Facts In the Case of Mister Hollow is a 2008 Short horror film that was directed by Rodrigo Gudiño and Vincent Marcone, based upon a story written by Gudiño.  The short was first released on July 17, 2008 at the Fantasia Film Festival and has been re-released as part of several different DVDs, either as an extra feature or as one of several featured shorts. Little Women, also known as Little Women's Four Sisters (若草の四姉妹 , Wakakusa no Yon Shimai ) or From "Little Women Story": Little Women's Four Sisters (「若草物語」より 若草の四姉妹 , "Wakakusa Monogatari" Yori: Wakakusa no Yon Shimai ) , is a 1981 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women".  The series is directed by Kazuya Miyazaki (a veteran Toei director whose credits included "Cutie Honey" and "UFO Robo Grendizer" among others) and produced by Toei Animation for the Kokusai Eigasha (Movie International) company. Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.  Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher.
Answer: Louisa May Alcott