| Birth: | Jan. 23, 1904
New York
New York County
New York, USA | | Death: | Nov. 8, 1990
Greenwich
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA | 
Author. She began her writing career by selling short stories to newspapers and magazines. She went on to write ten best-selling historical and biographical novels: My Theodosia (1941), Dragonwyck (1944), The Turquoise (1946), The Hearth and Eagle (1948), Foxfire (1951), Katherine (1954), The Winthrop Woman (1958), Devil Water (1962), Avalon (1965), Green Darkness (1973). Two of these were made into Hollywood movies: Dragonwyck in 1946, starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price, and Foxfire in 1955, starring Jane Russell. She also wrote three books for the Young Adult audience: The Mistletoe and Sword (1955), Washington Irving (1960), and Smouldering Fires (1975). (bio by: Eddie)
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Parents:
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 - 1946)
Grace Thompson Seton (1872 - 1959)
Spouses:
Hamilton Cottier (1900 - 1979)*
Hamilton M. Chase (1903 - 1987)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Anya Seton | | | Burial:
Putnam Cemetery
Greenwich
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Mar 31, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7316283 |
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