Anna Fuller (1853–1916) was an American novelist and short story writer whose literary career flourished during the late nineteenth century. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Robert Henry Fuller and Mary Lucretia Bent Fuller, she received her education at the Abbot Academy in Andover. Although she made her initial print debut in the New York Evening Post at the young age of twenty-one, she did not publish her first full-length book until she was thirty-eight years old.
Her first book, Pratt Portraits (1892), was a well-received collection of character studies that had originally been serialized in Harper's Bazar. Fuller's subsequent writing often drew inspiration from the American West. Her 1893 novel, A Literary Courtship Under the Auspices of Pike's Peak, tells the story of two New Yorkers who journey to Colorado in search of a woman whose name was stolen for use as a literary pseudonym.
Fuller continued her exploration of Western themes with Peak and Prairie: From a Colorado Sketchbook (1894). This collection of stories was notable for its depiction of strong female protagonists and its willingness to address difficult social issues of her time, such as child abuse and spousal abuse. Throughout her career, Fuller balanced regional color with sharp social observation. She died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1916.
