Ruth Cranston

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ruth Cranston was the daughter of Methodist bishop Earl Cranston. She was educated by tutors in France and Switzerland, traveled widely with her family, and later graduated from Goucher College in 1908.

Early in her career she wrote fiction under the pseudonym Anne Warwick. Those novels, published in the 1910s, brought her notice before she shifted direction after World War I, including a period of work with the Red Cross and later years spent promoting international cooperation in Geneva.

In her later work, Cranston wrote nonfiction and lectured on religion and related subjects. Her books included The Story of Woodrow Wilson, World Faith: The Story of the Religions of the United Nations, What We All Believe, and The Miracle of Lourdes, which became her best-known title.