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Anna McClure Sholl
A writer and painter from Philadelphia, she moved easily between fantasy, children’s literature, short fiction, and art criticism. Her work ranges from fairy tales and magazine stories to studies of artists and classic authors.
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The Faery Tales of Weir
by Anna McClure Sholl
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1868, she was the daughter of William J. Sholl and Clara Corson Sholl and attended Cornell University. She became known as both an American writer and a painter, building a career that crossed literature and the visual arts.
Her fiction appeared in magazines including The Black Cat, and she published books such as The Faery Tales of Weir and The Cat That Winked. She also wrote literary and art-related works, including studies connected with Thomas More and other cultural subjects, showing how comfortably she moved between imaginative storytelling and criticism.
She lived a long life that stretched into the mid-20th century, dying in New York City in 1956. Today, she is remembered as a versatile creative figure whose work blended fantasy, observation, and a strong interest in the arts.