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Anna became a popular author and novelist. Her early poetic ambitions were bolstered by a meeting with Ralph Waldo Emerson.  She was one of the first writers in the detective fiction genre, and Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Metta Victor were virtually her only predecessors in the writing of such fiction.  Anna had the advantage of her father, James Wilson Green's career having a major influence on her as he was an attorney who practiced in New York and was involved in many criminal cases. Her most famous detective novels include her first novel, which has been regarded as the first American detective novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878) and Marked ""Personal"" (1893). Other popular works of hers include, The Defense of the Bride and other poems, Risifi’s Daughter The Sword of Damocles"" (1881), ""Hand and Ring"" (1883), ""X. Y. Z."" (1883), ""A Strange Disappearance ""(1885), ""The Mill Mystery"" (1886), ""7 to 12"" (1887), ""Behind Closed Doors"" (1888). ""The Forsaken Inn"" (1890). ""A Matter of Millions"" (1890), ""The Old Stone House"" (1891), ""Cynthia Wakeham's Money"" (1892).   


She passed away on April 11, 1935 at her home in Buffalo. 


",,,,,"Diallo, Binta^^McMaster, MaryKate",,,,,,,"POINT(-8236641.5763791 4970190.2239459)|POINT(-8152768.6584478 5390877.9057182)|POINT(-8223198.2140313 5287193.7641029)|POINT(-8781886.0083185 5295747.5452982)|9|-8780663.0158661|5296359.0415244|osm Anna Katharine Green, Rohlfs was born in Brooklyn, NY. She later lived in Poultney, VT. After graduating from Ripley Women's College, Anna got married and later on started a family and settled in Buffalo, NY.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"November 11, 1846","Brooklyn, NY","April 11, 1935",Novelist^^Poet,,"","American Poet & Novelist","Green, Anna Katharine, 1846-1935","Green, Anna Katharine 1846-1935","ROHLFS, Mrs. Anna Katharine Green","Anna Katharine Green",1841-1850,Female,American,,,,Presbyterian,"The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story (1878)^^The Amelia Butterworth Series^^The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow^^That Affair Next Door^^The Forsaken Inn^^The House of the Whispering Pines^^A Strange Disappearance^^XYZ^^Lost Man's Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth ^^The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange ^^The House in the Mist ^^The Circular Study (Mr. Gryce #10) ^^The Woman in the Alcove ^^The Amethyst Box ^^The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow ^^Agatha Webb ^^The Millionaire Baby ^^Initials Only ^^Dark Hollow ^^The Mill Mystery ^^The Mayor's Wife ^^ Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories ",NY,Married,,Yes,No,1846,"Ripley Female College",,,"Brooklyn, NY ^^Buffalo, NY^^Poultsney, VT","Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882",,Writing/Publishing,,,,,,,,,,,"Anna's mother passed when she was three years old. Also, Anna was a progressive woman for her time who succeeded in a genre dominated by male writers but she was opposed to women's suffrage and she did not approve of many of her feminist contemporaries. Furthermore, Anna had an early ambition to write romantic novels and poetry at the beginning of her career, but when her poetry failed to gain recognition countless times, she shifted to another genre and returned permanently to detective fiction genre from then on.",,,"SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY",Yes,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Green, Anna Katharine","Ripley Female College, Poultney, VT",,,"1841-1850,1846,7 to 12: A Detective Story,A Matter of Millions,A Strange Disappearance,Agatha Webb,Amelia Butterworth Series,Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs,author,Authors,Behind Closed Doors,books,Brooklyn,Buffalo,criminal law,Dark Hollow,Defense of the Bride and Other Poems,detective,detective fiction,Doctor Izard,Ebenezer Gryce,female,Fiction,Hand and Ring,lawyer,Leavenworth case,Lost Man’s Lane,mother of the detective novel,Mystery,novelist,Novelists,novels,NY,One of my Sons,poetry,Poultney,Presbyterian,Ralph Waldo Emerson,Ripley Female College,Risifi's Daughter,That Affair Next Door,The Circular Study,The Mill Mystery,victorian,VT,writer,Writing/Publishing",https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/b9cec2347cd4dc24649c0c91c7c1bffd.jpg,Person,"A Woman of the Century  Women",1,0