Anna M. Fitch

Anna Fitch
Fitch in an 1893 publication
Born
Anna Mariska (or Marizba) Corry (or Cory)

March 1840
Shoreham, Vermont, United States
Died15 April 1904(1904-04-15) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Pen name
  • Anna Guesner
  • Anna Kluesner
  • Marisa A. Guesner
Occupation
  • writer
  • editor
Genre
  • novels
  • poems
  • dramas
Spouse
  • John Schultz (or Shultz)
  • ​
    (m. 1863)​

Anna M. Fitch (née Corry or Cory; after first marriage, Schultz or Shultz; after second marriage, Fitch; March 1840 - 15 April 1904) was an American writer. She was among the first of Californian women to produce a novel. Her many pen names included: Anna Guesner, Anna Kluesner, and Marisa A. Guesner. It was said that she helped her second husband, Thomas Fitch, the politician and orator, to write his speeches and that he helped her write her poems.

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