Annie Armitt (1850 – 30 November 1933)[1] was an English novelist, poet, short story writer, and essayist.

Armitt, who knew from an early age that she wanted to be a writer, studied English literature at Islington House Academy in Salford,[3] which trained people to teach according to the Pestalozzian principles.

[3][6] Armitt travelled to Paris in 1866 with Sophie to study French, but the following year her father died unexpectedly and she returned to England.

[3] It was critically well received, with The Westminster Review praising it as "a new departure in fiction" for its focus on characters who were unattractive and for Armitt's ability to make drama out of commonplace events.

[8] Her 1885 novel In Shallow Waters was praised for its compelling depiction of the self-sacrificing protagonist, Henry Dilworth.