Anna Robeson Brown

Anna Robeson Brown Burr (May 26, 1873 – September 10, 1941) was an American writer of novels, poetry, stories, essays, and biographies.

[1] Her novels include: Alain of Halfdene (1895); The Black Lamb (1896); A Cosmopolitan Comedy (1899); The House of Pan: A Romance (1899); The Immortal Garland (1900); The Millionaire's Son (1903); Truth and a Woman (1903); The Wine Press (1905); The Jessop Bequest (1907); The House on Charles Street (1921); The Wrong Move: A Romance (1923); The Great House in the Park (1924); Palludia (1928); Wind in the East (1933);[2] and The Golden Quicksand: A Novel of Santa Fé (1936).

She also wrote non-fiction books, among them, The Autobiography: A Critical and Comparative Study (1909), "the first book on the subject";[3] Religious Confessions and Confessants (1914);[4] The Portrait of a Banker: James Stillman, 1850-1918 (1927); and Weir Mitchell: His Life and Letters (1929).

During World War I, Anna moved herself and her daughters to London to be closer to Charles who was doing work there.

[11] Anna Robeson Brown Burr died in 1941, aged 68 years, from pneumonia.