Anna M. Fitch

Anna M. Fitch
Fitch in an 1893 publication.
BornAnna Mariska (or Marizba) Corry (or Cory)
March 1840
Shoreham, Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 15, 1904
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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; 1840-1904) 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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