Person Detail: Ann Petry

General Information:
Full Name: Ann Petry
Biography: (1908-1997) Fiction writer, children's book author. Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and lived in Harlem, New York. Petry was the first black woman to sell over a million copies with "The Street" (1946).
Author's Timeline:
1938		New York County Petry moved to Harlem, Manhattan, New York.
1908		(Unknown) County Ann Lane was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1908. She married George Petry in 1938.
1997		(Unknown) County Ann Petry died in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1997.
1946		(Unknown) County The Street (Pub: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: ) Petry was the first black woman to sell over a million copies with "The Street" (1946).
1947		(Unknown) County Country Place Novel.
1953		(Unknown) County The Narrows Novel.
1971		(Unknown) County Miss Muriel and Other Stories Short story collection.
1970		(Unknown) County Legends of the Saints Short story collection.