author
Annie Keary
1825–1879
A Victorian writer with a gift for both fiction and storytelling for children, she is best remembered for warm, thoughtful books that range from family life to myth and history. Her work includes novels, poems, and popular retellings that helped bring old legends to new readers.
1 Audiobook
The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology
by Annie Keary, Eliza Keary
About the author
Born Anna Maria Keary in Yorkshire on March 3, 1825, she was an English novelist, poet, and children's writer. Because of poor health and partial deafness, she was educated at home, and she grew up in a literary family that included her sister Eliza Keary, who also became a writer.
She wrote across several genres, producing children's stories, novels, and historical works. Among her best-known books are Castle Daly, a novel of Irish life, and The Heroes of Asgard, a lively retelling of Norse mythology written with her sister. Her writing was admired for its sympathy, moral seriousness, and clear, engaging style.
She died at Eastbourne on March 3, 1879. Though less widely known today than some of her contemporaries, her books still offer a vivid glimpse of Victorian reading tastes and of a writer who moved easily between imaginative fiction, legend, and social observation.