Anne Warner

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1869, Anne Warner was an American writer whose full name was Anne Richmond Warner French. She first published a family genealogy in 1894, then moved into fiction and quickly became known for a light, humorous style.

Her first novel, His Story, Their Letters, appeared in 1902. She went on to publish a steady stream of books, including A Woman's Will, The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary, and several popular stories about Susan Clegg, a talkative small-town character whose conversations carried much of Warner's comedy and local-color charm.

Warner spent time living in France, later returned briefly to Saint Paul, and then settled again in Europe, including periods in Germany and Dorset, England. She died in Dorset in 1913 at just 43, leaving behind a body of work that mixed humor, social observation, and an easy gift for storytelling.