Jeanne Mackin

Jeanne Mackin is an American author and a fellow of the American Antiquarian Society. Her published novels include A Lady of Good Family, The Beautiful American, The Sweet By and By, Dreams of Empire, The Queen's War and The Frenchwoman. She published a trilogy of mysteries with New American Library, writing as Anna Maclean. The mysteries were also translated and published in Japan. She has authored several non-fiction books and written creative nonfiction and feature articles for The New York Times, She was married artist and writer Steve Poleskie until his death in 2019. She lives in upstate New York.

Awards and honors Creative Writing Fellowship from American Antiquarian Society Dreams of Empire (1996) The Queen's War (1991) The Frenchwoman (1989)

Nonfiction The Book of Love, co-editor with Diane Ackerman The Cornell Book of Herbs and Edible Flowers

Her works have been published in 6 languages.

Reviews Mackin's historical romance, Dreams of Empire (1996) was favourably received, with Publishers Weekly saying "Plenty of romance and intrigue, vital characters and exquisite details of both period and place ensure a vigorous and satisfying read." Kirkus described it as "A richly intelligent and charming spellbinder."

Mackin's novels have been written about by Pulitzer Prize winner Alison Lurie in The New York Review of Books, in which she described the mysteries written under the pen name of Anna Maclean as "historically accurate and entertaining".