Anya Seton
Anya Seton | |
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Born | Ann Seton January 23, 1904 Manhattan, New York |
Died | November 8, 1990 Old Greenwich, Connecticut | (aged 86)
Occupation | Author |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Notable works | Katherine Green Darkness |
Spouse | Hamilton Cottier (Husband) Hamilton M. Chase (Husband) |
Children | 3 |
Parents | Ernest Thompson Seton (Father) Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson (Mother) |
Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical fiction, or as she preferred they be called, "biographical novels".[1][2]
Career
Seton published her first novel, My Theodosia, in 1941.[2]
Seton's
Her 1962 novel
Personal life
In 1904, Seton was born in Manhattan to English-born naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton and American travel writer Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson.[2][3] She grew up in Cos Cob, Connecticut, in a wealthy family.[2][4]
Seton married twice. Her first marriage at the age of 19 was to Rhodes scholar Hamilton Cottier. They had two children,[2] Pamela and Seton Cottier.[5] Her second marriage was to investment counselor Hamilton (Chan) M. Chase in 1930. Together they had one daughter,[2] Clemency, and they divorced in 1968.[8]
She died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut,[3] and was survived by two daughters, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.[4] She is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich.
Works
- My Theodosia (1941)
- Dragonwyck (1944)
- The Turquoise(1946)
- The Hearth and Eagle (1948)
- Foxfire (1951)
- Katherine (1954)
- The Mistletoe and Sword (1955)
- The Winthrop Woman (1958)
- Washington Irving (1960) illustrated by Harvé Stein[9][10]
- Devil Water (1962)
- Avalon (1965)
- Green Darkness (1973)
- Smouldering Fires (1975)
References
- ^ Weir, Alison (2007). Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster'. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 310.
- ^ Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Anya Seton, author of historical novels". Chicago Sun-Times. 11 November 1990. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Best-Selling Novelist Anya Seton Dies". The Washington Post. 11 November 1990. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Fowler, Glenn (10 November 1990). "Anya Seton, Author of 'Foxfire' and Other Novels, is Dead at 86". New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "The Big Read Top 100". BBC. August 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ISBN 9780547685281.
- ^ William E. Finch, Jr. "Anya Seton Papers". hstgams.org. The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- OCLC 1152384889.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Book Review: Washington Irving". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
Further reading
- MacKethan, Lucinda H. (2020). Anya Seton: A Writing Life. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1641600866.