Anna Katharine Green

In this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss Anna Katharine Green, whose writing inspired Agatha Christie. Green’s 1878 novel, The Leavenworth Case, is one of the first to include a detailed coroner’s inquest and ballistic evidence and set the stage for generations of future mystery authors.

Works referenced in order of mention:

Green, Anna Katharine (1878). The Leavenworth Case

Green, Anna Katharine (1880). A Strange Disappearance

Green, Anna Katharine (1905) “The House in the Mist”

Resources

DuBose, Martha Hailey (2000). Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists St. Martins Press.

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