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Anne Miller Downes
Anne Miller Downes was a reviewer for the New York Times and popular novelist, with a number of her books selected for the Peoples Book Club, notably “Heartwood” (1945), “Mary Dono...view moreAnne Miller Downes was a reviewer for the New York Times and popular novelist, with a number of her books selected for the Peoples Book Club, notably “Heartwood” (1945), “Mary Donovan” (1948) and “The Eagle’s Song” (1949).
She was also a contributor to various periodicals. In 1927 she wrote an article for The Atlantic Monthly entitled “Our Secret Anxiety (the High Cost of Illness),” which led to a Congressional investigation and aided the passage of laws relating to hospitalization insurance.
In 1934 an article she wrote for The New York Times Magazine, “A Portrait of Whistler by His Mother,” attracted wide attention.
She was born at Utica, New York, and educated at the New Paltz State Normal School. She then attended the Columbia University School of Journalism. She also had an extensive musical education, was once a concert pianist and taught music at the Laura Jacobi School in New York and the Knox School in Utica.
She belonged to the Authors League of America, PEN and the Pen and Brush Club.
She was married to Frank Harley Downes, who died in 1952, since 1919.
Mrs. Downes passed away at her home in Scarsdale, New York on May 30, 1964.view less