Anna McClure Sholl (March 17, 1868 – April 1, 1956) was an American writer and painter.

[1] She attended Cornell University and began her writing career at the New York Commercial Advertiser in 1896.

Sholl wrote in a wide variety of genres: poetry, short stories, magazine articles, book reviews, fairy tales, and mystery novels.

Compared to "Rappaccini's Daughter", the story concerns a scientist who uses his laboratory to subject roses to poisons which turn the flowers black.

[3] Anna McClure Sholl died on April 1, 1956 in New York City.