James Fenimore Cooper marubucin marubucin Ba'amurke ne, wanda ya shahara da tarihin soyayya da tatsuniyoyi na kasada. An haife shi a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1789 kuma ya mutu a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1851. Wataƙila Cooper an fi saninsa da ayyukansa mai suna "The Last of the Mohicans" da "The Leatherstocking Tales," wanda ke biye da abubuwan da suka faru na dan kan iyaka Natty Bumppo. Cooper ya kasance mai sharhi kan zamantakewa da siyasa, kuma rubuce-rubucensa sau da yawa yakan binciko batutuwan da suka shafi launin fata, aji, da kuma sauyin yanayin al'ummar Amurka a farkon karni na 19.