Anna Porter

Anna Maria Porter[1] OC OOnt is a Canadian publisher and novelist.

She started at McClelland & Stewart in 1969 and became president and publisher of Seal Books.

In 1979, she founded Key Porter Books[2] and in 1986 she purchased a majority stake in Doubleday Canada.

In 1991, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being "instrumental in bringing Canadian titles to the attention of the international market place".

She has published three mystery novels and three books on Middle European history.