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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, – April 11, ) was an American poet and novelist..
Anna Katharine Green
American detective author (1846–1935)
Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist.
Anna Katharine Green isn't a household name anymore, but she probably should be.
She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories.[1] Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".[2]
Life and work
Green was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 11, 1846.[1] She had an early ambition to write romantic verse and corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson.
When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), praised by Wilkie Collins, and the hit of the year. She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing 37 books over 40 years.[3]
On November 25, 1884, Green married the actor and stove designer, and later noted furniture maker, Charles Rohlfs (1853 – 1936).[4] Rohlfs toured in