Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Anne Douglas Sedgwick (28 March 1873 – 19 July 1935) was an American-born British writer. She wrote novels throughout her adult life, two collections of short stories, and a volume of reminiscences of the Comtesse de Cabarru.

Biography The daughter of George Stanley Sedgwick, a businessman, and Mary (Douglas) Sedgwick, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey. At age nine, her family moved to London, and she was based in England for the rest of her life, though she made return visits to the United States. As a young woman, she studied art in Paris for five years before turning to writing.

Her novels, which frequently feature artists or musicians and are set in English or French country houses, explore the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans, leading her to be compared to Henry James. The following year her husband published Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters.