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(1908-1997) Fiction writer, children’s book author. Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and lived in Harlem, New York. Petry was the first black woman to sell over a million copies with “The Street” (1946).

Full Name

Ann Petry

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1908

BIRTH

Ann Lane was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1908. She married George Petry in 1938.

1938

RESIDENCE

Petry moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York.

1946

LITWORK

The Street
Houghton Mifflin.

Petry was the first black woman to sell over a million copies with "The Street" (1946).

1947

LITWORK

Country Place


Novel.

1953

LITWORK

The Narrows


Novel.

1970

LITWORK

Legends of the Saints


Short story collection.

1971

LITWORK

Miss Muriel and Other Stories


Short story collection.

1997

DEATH

Ann Petry died in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1997.

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