author
A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
d. 1941
A once-popular American novelist of mystery and bestselling fiction, she wrote twisty, atmospheric stories that found a wide readership around the turn of the 20th century. Her best-known work, That Mainwaring Affair, helped make her one of the era's notable mystery writers.
3 Audiobooks
The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen Picture of the West
by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
That Mainwaring Affair
by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
At the Time Appointed
by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
About the author
Anna Maynard Barbour, who published as A. Maynard Barbour, was an American author who died on May 10, 1941. Reliable sources identify her as a writer of bestselling fiction, and contemporary commentary described her as especially successful in mystery writing.
She is best remembered today for That Mainwaring Affair, along with other novels such as At the Time Appointed. Her work blended suspense, family intrigue, and popular storytelling in a way that clearly connected with readers of her time.
Some biographical details about her early life and personal history appear in reader-edited or secondary sources, but I could not confirm them securely enough to include here. I also wasn't able to verify a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.