Anne Austin

Born in Waco, Texas, in 1895, Anne Austin worked as a teacher before turning to journalism and fiction. She attended Baylor University from 1912 to 1914 and later wrote for newspapers, including work as a feature and fiction writer.

Austin published both romance and mystery, but her lasting reputation comes from crime novels, especially the series featuring special investigator James "Bonnie" Dundee. She was a notably productive writer in the 1920s and 1930s, and several of her works have remained available through major public-domain and library collections.

Sources available during this search agree that she died in 1975. I couldn't confirm a suitable portrait image from a reliable page that actually displayed one, so no profile image is included.