Ann Harleman (born October 28, 1945, in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American novelist, scholar, and professor.
As a child, she wrote mystery stories in the style of the Nancy Drew novels.
[1] After she moved to Rhode Island in 1983, she became a visiting scholar at Brown's American Civilization department[2] and later a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design.
[1] Harleman married folklore scholar Bruce Rosenberg in 1981.
[6] Harleman is the author of the story collections Thoreau’s Laundry and Happiness, and the novels The Year She Disappeared and Bitter Lake.