C.S. Lewis: C.S. Lewis. Writer: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis was born in 1898 and brought up in a very strict, religious household. While he was quite young, his mother died of cancer but the "stiff upper lip" in favour at the time meant he wasn't allowed to grieve. He became an Oxford don and led a sheltered life. He seriously questioned his religious...