Anna Katharine Green

author

Anna Katharine Green

1846–1935

A pioneer of American detective fiction, she helped shape the mystery novel with clever plotting, courtroom logic, and memorable sleuths. Her stories laid groundwork for generations of crime writers that followed.

41 Audiobooks

The Leavenworth Case

The Leavenworth Case

by Anna Katharine Green

A Strange Disappearance

A Strange Disappearance

by Anna Katharine Green

Dark Hollow

Dark Hollow

by Anna Katharine Green

The step on the stair

The step on the stair

by Anna Katharine Green

The Bronze Hand 1897

The Bronze Hand 1897

by Anna Katharine Green

The Amethyst Box

The Amethyst Box

by Anna Katharine Green

Eleven Possible Cases

Eleven Possible Cases

by Frank R. Stockton, Edgar Fawcett, Franklin Fyles, Anna Katharine Green, Henry Harland, Ingersoll Lockwood, Joaquin Miller, Kirk Munroe, Brainard Gardner Smith, Maurice Thompson, A. C. (Andrew Carpenter) Wheeler

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

by Anna Katharine Green

The Gray Madam 1899

The Gray Madam 1899

by Anna Katharine Green

The Mill Mystery

The Mill Mystery

by Anna Katharine Green

The Mayor's Wife

The Mayor's Wife

by Anna Katharine Green

The Chief Legatee

The Chief Legatee

by Anna Katharine Green

Agatha Webb

Agatha Webb

by Anna Katharine Green

The Forsaken Inn: A Novel

The Forsaken Inn: A Novel

by Anna Katharine Green

Midnight In Beauchamp Row 1895

Midnight In Beauchamp Row 1895

by Anna Katharine Green

Doctor Izard

Doctor Izard

by Anna Katharine Green

Initials Only

Initials Only

by Anna Katharine Green

The Millionaire Baby

The Millionaire Baby

by Anna Katharine Green

The Circular Study

The Circular Study

by Anna Katharine Green

X Y Z: A Detective Story

X Y Z: A Detective Story

by Anna Katharine Green

The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898

The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898

by Anna Katharine Green

The Woman in the Alcove

The Woman in the Alcove

by Anna Katharine Green

One of My Sons

One of My Sons

by Anna Katharine Green

That Affair Next Door

That Affair Next Door

by Anna Katharine Green

The House of the Whispering Pines

The House of the Whispering Pines

by Anna Katharine Green

A Difficult Problem 1900

A Difficult Problem 1900

by Anna Katharine Green

The Millionaire Baby

The Millionaire Baby

by Anna Katharine Green

Hand and Ring

Hand and Ring

by Anna Katharine Green

The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock

The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock

by Anna Katharine Green

7 to 12: A Detective Story

7 to 12: A Detective Story

by Anna Katharine Green

Three Thousand Dollars

Three Thousand Dollars

by Anna Katharine Green

Cynthia Wakeham's Money

Cynthia Wakeham's Money

by Anna Katharine Green

The House in the Mist

The House in the Mist

by Anna Katharine Green

The House in the Mist

The House in the Mist

by Anna Katharine Green

About the author

Born in Brooklyn in 1846, Anna Katharine Green became one of the first major American writers of detective fiction. She is especially known for bringing careful structure and legal realism to her mysteries, qualities that helped her stand out in the early days of the genre.

Her breakthrough novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), introduced detective Ebenezer Gryce and became an important early success in crime fiction. Over a long career, she wrote numerous mysteries and is often remembered as a foundational figure in the development of the detective novel in the United States.

Green died in 1935 in Buffalo, New York. Readers still return to her work for its suspense, ingenuity, and its important place in the history of mystery writing.