Anna Maynard Barbour (died May 10, 1941) was an American

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of best-selling

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. A 1903 article in ''

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'' 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 York, in the 19th century to Fayette Barbour and Jane E. Cutler. Her parents died when she was young. During the late 19th century, she lived in

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, 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

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at the House of Mercy in Boston and subsequently worked in Boston and Tennessee.With information from brief biography (''The New York Times'', 30 Nov. 1901, p. BR13) and obituary ("Deaconess Anna Barbour: Author of 'That Mainwaring Affair,' a Best Seller of 1900," ''The New York Times'', 16 May 1941, p. 23).

Works

* ''The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen Picture of the West'' (1897) * ''That Mainwaring Affair'' (1900) * ''The award of justice'' (1901) * ''At the Time Appointed'' (1903) * ''Breakers Ahead'' (1906)

References

External links

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Brief biography of A. Maynard Barbour (PDF format)
in ''The New York Times'', 30 Nov. 1901, p. BR13. {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbour, Anna Maynard 1941 deaths 20th-century American novelists American mystery writers American women novelists Novelists from New York (state) Place of death missing Year of birth unknown People from Cattaraugus County, New York People from Helena, Montana American women mystery writers 20th-century American women writers