AMELIA BUTTERWORTH MYSTERIES

Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was a pioneering figure in American detective fiction, predating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes by a decade with her first novel, 'The Leavenworth Case' (1878). Born in Brooklyn, New York, Green sought to combine her keen interest in legal matters with a natural flair for storytelling. She attended Ripley Female College in Vermont before embarking on her ...