Anne Pence Davis

Born in 1901, Anne Pence Davis grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and graduated from what is now Western Kentucky University in 1925. Archival records at WKU describe her as a poet, reviewer, novelist, and author of juvenile fiction, showing how wide-ranging her writing life became.

After marrying Richard Earl Davis in December 1925, she moved in 1926 to Wichita Falls, Texas. There she took part in civic and literary life, including volunteer work and radio production, and her work with the Camp Fire Girls helped inspire her fiction for younger readers.

She is especially remembered for the Mimi books, including Mimi at Camp, Mimi at Sheridan School, and Mimi's House Party. Davis died in 1982, leaving behind papers, photographs, and manuscripts that reflect a long and active career in American letters.