active 19th century Anne Bowman

Anne Bowman was a 19th-century British writer associated with popular Victorian fiction for young readers. Reliable bibliographic and reference sources link her with books such as The Castaways; or, The Adventures of a Family in the Wilds of Africa, The Kangaroo Hunters; or, Adventures in the Bush, and The Bear-Hunters of the Rocky Mountains, which helped build her reputation for energetic, far-traveling adventure stories.

She also wrote beyond straight adventure fiction. Records of her publications show a mix of instructional and domestic works, including The Common Things of Every-Day Life: A Book of Home Wisdom for Mothers and Daughters, suggesting a writer interested in both entertainment and practical guidance for family readers.

One specialist Victorian reference identifies her as born in 1796 and notes that she was living in Yorkshire before beginning to publish adventure stories for juvenile audiences in the mid-19th century. Clear, well-sourced portrait images do not appear to be readily available from the pages found, so no profile image is included here.