Anna Katharine Green 
A Strange Disappearance 

Anna Green was an early 20th century novelist. She was one of the first authors to write detective stories in America. Her stories are known for their well thought out plots and their legal accuracy. Although Green wrote in a genre previously dominated by men she didn’t think much of feminists and opposed women’s suffrage. Her second novel A Strange Disappearance was published in 1880.

About the author

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called ‘the mother of the detective novel’.