| Columbia Encyclopedia: Anna Katherine Green |
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| 1878 | The Leavenworth Case. The great popularity of Green's detective novel heightens the appeal of the mystery genre. Inspector Ebenezer Gryce makes the first of many fictional appearances in her works as he investigates the murder of rich Mr. Leavenworth. The novel was for a long time erroneously considered the first detective novel written by an American woman (Metta Victoria Victor's The Dead Letter had appeared earlier, in 1866). |
| Wikipedia: Anna Katharine Green |
Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories.
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Green had an early ambition to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878). She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books.
Green was in some ways a progressive woman for her time—succeeding in a genre dominated by male writers—but she did not approve of many of her feminist contemporaries, and she was opposed to women's suffrage.
Green married the actor, and later designer and artist, Charles Rohlfs on November 25, 1884. Seven years her junior, Charles was made to give up acting by Anna's father before he could marry her. They had one daughter and two sons, Roland Rohlfs and Sterling Rohlfs, who were test pilots. Green died in Buffalo, New York, at the age of 88.
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