Anna Maynard Barbour
Encyclopedia
Anna Maynard Barbour was an American author
of best-selling fiction
. A 1903 article in the The Atlantic Monthly stated that "A. Maynard Barbour has been generally hailed as the most successful of American writers of mystery."
in the 19th century. Her parents died when she was young. During the late 19th century, she lived in Helena, Montana
where she worked for the U. S. Government. She married an English gentleman in 1893, and her husband reportedly encouraged her writing career. In 1907 she became an Episcopal
deaconess
at the House of Mercy in Boston and subsequently worked in Boston and Tennessee.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of best-selling fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
. A 1903 article in the The Atlantic Monthly stated that "A. Maynard Barbour has been generally hailed as the most successful of American writers of mystery."
Biography
Anna Barbour was born in Mansfield, New YorkMansfield, New York
Mansfield is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 800 at the 2000 census. The name was thought to be that of a noble family in England....
in the 19th century. Her parents died when she was young. During the late 19th century, she lived in Helena, Montana
Helena, Montana
Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. The 2010 census put the population at 28,180. The local daily newspaper is the Independent Record. The Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns minor league hockey team call the...
where she worked for the U. S. Government. She married an English gentleman in 1893, and her husband reportedly encouraged her writing career. In 1907 she became an Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
deaconess
Deaconess
Deaconess is a non-clerical order in some Christian denominations which sees to the care of women in the community. That word comes from a Greek word diakonos as well as deacon, which means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible. Deaconesses trace...
at the House of Mercy in Boston and subsequently worked in Boston and Tennessee.
Works
- The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen Picture of the West (1897)
- That Mainwaring Affair (1901)
- At the Time Appointed (1903)
- Breakers Ahead (1906)
External links
- Brief biography of A. Maynard Barbour (PDF format) in New York Times, 30 Nov. 1901, p. BR13.